Fault-tolerant system optimizationThe paper describes the decisions to be made in the design of fault-tolerant systems and provides details of a comprehensive model developed to cost optimize such systems. Economical use of replication is making fault-tolerant systems possible and more applications for safety crucial systems such as active flight controls can be expected. In turn, the use of massive redundancy, fault-tolerance, and reconfigurable systems in stimulating the development of new analytical tools for establishing the cost and effectiveness of the safety and cost effectiveness of the levels of replication will increase. Closed-form analytical solutions for the reliability and maintainability analysis of fault-tolerant systems are complex, and Monte-Carlo simulation appears to be a more desirable method of establishing the reliability and maintainability of such systems.
Document ID
19800056142
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Conference Proceedings
Authors
Rose, J. (Boeing Commercial Airplane Co. Seattle, Wash., United States)
Date Acquired
August 10, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 1980
Subject Category
Aeronautics (General)
Meeting Information
Meeting: Annual Reliability and Maintainability Symposium