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SAFECOMP
2009
Springer
14 years 4 months ago
Establishing a Framework for Dynamic Risk Management in 'Intelligent' Aero-Engine Control
The behaviour of control functions in safety critical software systems is typically bounded to prevent the occurrence of known system level hazards. These bounds are typically deri...
Zeshan Kurd, Tim Kelly, John A. McDermid, Radu Cal...
ICDCS
2008
IEEE
14 years 4 months ago
A Nonblocking Approach for Reaching an Agreement on Request Total Orders
In distributed systems that use active replication to achieve robustness, it is important to efficiently enforce consistency among replicas. The nonblocking mode helps to speed u...
Yun Wang, Jie Wu
ICRA
2008
IEEE
194views Robotics» more  ICRA 2008»
14 years 4 months ago
A new variable stiffness design: Matching requirements of the next robot generation
— Facing new tasks, the conventional rigid design of robotic joints has come to its limits. Operating in unknown environments current robots are prone to failure when hitting unf...
Sebastian Wolf, Gerd Hirzinger
IROS
2008
IEEE
162views Robotics» more  IROS 2008»
14 years 4 months ago
WiFi position estimation in industrial environments using Gaussian processes
—The increased popularity of wireless networks has enabled the development of localization techniques that rely on WiFi signal strength. These systems are cheap, effective, and r...
Felix Duvallet, Ashley D. Tews
ISQED
2008
IEEE
154views Hardware» more  ISQED 2008»
14 years 4 months ago
Error Protected Data Bus Inversion Using Standard DRAM Components
Off-chip communication consumes a significant part of main memory system power. Existing solutions imply the use of specialized memories or assume error free environments. This i...
Maurizio Skerlj, Paolo Ienne