Ebook: Dependable Computing for Critical Applications

The International Working Conference on Dependable Computing for Critical Applications was the first conference organized by IFIP Working Group 10. 4 "Dependable Computing and Fault Tolerance", in cooperation with the Technical Committee on Fault-Tolerant Computing of the IEEE Computer Society, and the Technical Committee 7 on Systems Reliability, Safety and Security of EWlCS. The rationale for the Working Conference is best expressed by the aims of WG 10. 4: " Increasingly, individuals and organizations are developing or procuring sophisticated computing systems on whose services they need to place great reliance. In differing circumstances, the focus will be on differing properties of such services - e. g. continuity, performance, real-time response, ability to avoid catastrophic failures, prevention of deliberate privacy intrusions. The notion of dependability, defined as that property of a computing system which allows reliance to be justifiably placed on the service it delivers, enables these various concerns to be subsumed within a single conceptual framework. Dependability thus includes as special cases such attributes as reliability, availability, safety, security. The Working Group is aimed at identifying and integrating approaches, methods and techniques for specifying, designing, building, assessing, validating, operating and maintaining computer systems which should exhibit some or all of these attributes. " The concept of WG 10. 4 was formulated during the IFIP Working Conference on Reliable Computing and Fault Tolerance on September 27-29, 1979 in London, England, held in conjunction with the Europ-IFIP 79 Conference. Profs A. Avi~ienis (UCLA, Los Angeles, USA) and A.

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Content:
Front Matter....Pages N2-xiii
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Dependable Computing in the UK....Pages 3-21
Software Validation by Means of Statistical Testing: Retrospect and Future Direction....Pages 23-50
Front Matter....Pages 51-51
Error Masking: A Source of Failure Dependency in Multi-Version Programs....Pages 53-73
Recovery Block Reliability Analysis with Failure Clustering....Pages 75-103
Front Matter....Pages 105-105
Safety and Fault-Tolerance in Computer-Controlled Railway Signalling Systems....Pages 107-131
Dependability of Digital Computers on Board Airplanes....Pages 133-152
Longlife Dependable Computers for Spacecrafts....Pages 153-173
Front Matter....Pages 175-175
A Fault Behavior Model for an Avionic Microprocessor: A Case Study....Pages 177-195
Use of Heavy-Ion Radiation from 252Californium for Fault Injection Experiments....Pages 197-212
Front Matter....Pages 213-213
A Unified Approach for Specifying Measures of Performance, Dependability and Performability....Pages 215-237
Successive Operational Periods as Measures of Dependability....Pages 239-254
Front Matter....Pages 255-255
A Data-Driven Dependability Assurance Scheme with Applications to Data and Design Diversity....Pages 257-282
Implementing Distributed Capabilities without a Trusted Kernel....Pages 283-300
Resynchronization Interfaces: Sources of Metastability Errors in Computing Systems....Pages 301-320
Front Matter....Pages 321-321
Fragmented Data Processing: An Approach to Secure and Reliable Processing in Distributed Computing Systems....Pages 323-343
Front Matter....Pages 345-345
Integration Problems in Fault-Tolerant, Secure Computer Design....Pages 347-364
Concurrent Error Detection using Signature Monitoring and Encryption....Pages 365-384
Front Matter....Pages 385-385
A Linguistic Approach to Failure Handling in Distributed Systems....Pages 387-409
Fault-Tolerant Membership Service in a Synchronous Distributed Real-Time System....Pages 411-429
Back Matter....Pages 431-434

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Content:
Front Matter....Pages N2-xiii
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Dependable Computing in the UK....Pages 3-21
Software Validation by Means of Statistical Testing: Retrospect and Future Direction....Pages 23-50
Front Matter....Pages 51-51
Error Masking: A Source of Failure Dependency in Multi-Version Programs....Pages 53-73
Recovery Block Reliability Analysis with Failure Clustering....Pages 75-103
Front Matter....Pages 105-105
Safety and Fault-Tolerance in Computer-Controlled Railway Signalling Systems....Pages 107-131
Dependability of Digital Computers on Board Airplanes....Pages 133-152
Longlife Dependable Computers for Spacecrafts....Pages 153-173
Front Matter....Pages 175-175
A Fault Behavior Model for an Avionic Microprocessor: A Case Study....Pages 177-195
Use of Heavy-Ion Radiation from 252Californium for Fault Injection Experiments....Pages 197-212
Front Matter....Pages 213-213
A Unified Approach for Specifying Measures of Performance, Dependability and Performability....Pages 215-237
Successive Operational Periods as Measures of Dependability....Pages 239-254
Front Matter....Pages 255-255
A Data-Driven Dependability Assurance Scheme with Applications to Data and Design Diversity....Pages 257-282
Implementing Distributed Capabilities without a Trusted Kernel....Pages 283-300
Resynchronization Interfaces: Sources of Metastability Errors in Computing Systems....Pages 301-320
Front Matter....Pages 321-321
Fragmented Data Processing: An Approach to Secure and Reliable Processing in Distributed Computing Systems....Pages 323-343
Front Matter....Pages 345-345
Integration Problems in Fault-Tolerant, Secure Computer Design....Pages 347-364
Concurrent Error Detection using Signature Monitoring and Encryption....Pages 365-384
Front Matter....Pages 385-385
A Linguistic Approach to Failure Handling in Distributed Systems....Pages 387-409
Fault-Tolerant Membership Service in a Synchronous Distributed Real-Time System....Pages 411-429
Back Matter....Pages 431-434
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