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Failure-Tolerant Computer Design

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WILLIAM H. PIERCE

Failure-Tolerant Computer Design

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Failure-Tolerant Computer Design focuses on the use of redundancy theory in improving the reliability of computers. The book first offers information on redundancy theory and lim ... read full description

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    CHAPTER I - Introduction to Redundancy Theory

    Pages 1-8

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    CHAPTER II - Limit Theorems: A Foundation for Redundancy Theory

    Pages 9-31

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    CHAPTER III - Decision Theory in Redundant Systems

    Pages 32-49

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    CHAPTER IV - Adaptive Decision Elements

    Pages 50-77

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    CHAPTER V - Interconnection Structure for Redundant Logic: (The Theory of Interwoven Redundant Logic)

    Pages 78-114

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    CHAPTER VI - Redundant Relay Theory

    Pages 115-131

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    CHAPTER VII - The Place, If Any, of Coding Techniques in Failure-Tolerant Digital Networks

    Pages 132-147

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    CHAPTER VIII - Transition Analyses in Reliability Theory

    Pages 148-174

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    CHAPTER IX - Conclusions, Comparisons and Unsolved Problems

    Pages 175-180

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    APPENDIX 1 - Stability Analysis of Adaption Method II-B

    Pages 181-200

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    APPENDIX 2 - Equilibrium Analysis of Adaption Method III-A

    Pages 201-203

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    APPENDIX 3 - Optimized Increments for Adaption Methods IV-A and IV-B

    Pages 204-205

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    APPENDIX 4 - Limitations of All Schemes of Interwoven Alternating Layers

    Pages 206-209

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    APPENDIX 5 - Reliability Analysis of Alternating Layer Schemes

    Pages 210-216

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    APPENDIX 6 - Generation of B-Groupings

    Page 217

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    APPENDIX 7 - Existence of Limits for “Equivalent Error Probability”

    Pages 218-220

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    REFERENCES

    Pages 221-222

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    BIBLIOGRAPHY ON REDUNDANCY TECHNIQUES

    Pages 223-237

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    Author Index

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    Subject Index

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Failure-Tolerant Computer Design focuses on the use of redundancy theory in improving the reliability of computers. The book first offers information on redundancy theory and limit theorems. Discussions focus on applications in determining the optimum placement of restoring organs; time asymptotes for log failure probability for exponential survival probability; reliability of multiple-function system with paralleled individual units; and basic concepts for making reliable computers out of unreliable parts. The text then examines decision theory in redundant systems and adaptive decision elements. The publication examines the interconnection structure for redundant logic and redundant relay theory. Topics include Moore-Shannon limit theorem; systematic groupings of inputs in single-layer error-correcting interwoven redundant logic; interwoven logic with alternating-layer error correction; and interwoven logic with single-layer error correction. The book also elaborates on transition analyses in reliability theory, including Markov chain theory and probability bounds in Markov chains having many states or inexactly known transition matrices. The manuscript is a vital source of data for engineers and researchers interested in failure-tolerant computer design.

Failure-Tolerant Computer Design focuses on the use of redundancy theory in improving the reliability of computers. The book first offers information on redundancy theory and limit theorems. Discussions focus on applications in determining the optimum placement of restoring organs; time asymptotes for log failure probability for exponential survival probability; reliability of multiple-function system with paralleled individual units; and basic concepts for making reliable computers out of unreliable parts. The text then examines decision theory in redundant systems and adaptive decision elements. The publication examines the interconnection structure for redundant logic and redundant relay theory. Topics include Moore-Shannon limit theorem; systematic groupings of inputs in single-layer error-correcting interwoven redundant logic; interwoven logic with alternating-layer error correction; and interwoven logic with single-layer error correction. The book also elaborates on transition analyses in reliability theory, including Markov chain theory and probability bounds in Markov chains having many states or inexactly known transition matrices. The manuscript is a vital source of data for engineers and researchers interested in failure-tolerant computer design.

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978-1-4832-3179-2

Language

English

Published

1965

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Copyright © 1965 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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Academic Press

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Authors

WILLIAM H. PIERCE

DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING, CARNEGIE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA