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In order to assess the effectiveness of software fault tolerance techniques for enhancing the reliability of practical systems, a major experimental project has been conducted at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne. Techniques were developed for, and applied to, a realistic implementation of a real-time system (a naval command and control system). Reliability data was collected by operating this system in a simulated tactical environment for a variety of action scenarios. This paper provides an overview of the project, and presents the results of three phases of experimentation. An analysis of these results shows that the software fault tolerance approach can be successfully utilised in critical real-time systems to achieve a significant improvement in system reliability.
Author(s): Anderson T, Barrett PA, Halliwell DN, Moulding MR
Series Editor(s): Elphick, MJ
Publication type: Report
Publication status: Published
Series Title: Computing Laboratory Technical Report Series
Year: 1985
Pages: 17
Report Number: 202
Institution: Computing Laboratory, The University of Newcastle upon Tyne
Place Published: Newcastle upon Tyne
