SIGSOFT
2010
ACM
13 years 9 months ago
2010
ACM
For `mixed-criticality' systems that have both critical and non-critical functions, the greatest leverage on dependability may be at the design level. By designing so that ea...
SAC
2008
ACM
13 years 11 months ago
2008
ACM
Web services have been widely employed to allow interoperability among applications and/or technologies. However, the standard technologies and protocols which provide the foundat...
CORR
2008
Springer
13 years 11 months ago
2008
Springer
: Performing dependability evaluation along with other analyses at architectural level allows both making architectural tradeoffs and predicting the effects of architectural decisi...
IWC
2007
13 years 11 months ago
2007
This paper describes a model that defines the attributes of domestic systems that lead to system dependability and a user-oriented specification method for support systems based...
JSS
2006
13 years 11 months ago
2006
When architecting dependable systems, in addition to improving system dependability by means of construction (fault-tolerant and redundant mechanisms, for instance), it is also im...
JSS
2006
13 years 11 months ago
2006
The dependability of a system is contextually subjective and reflects the particular stakeholder
FTCS
1997
14 years 23 days ago
1997
Fast turnaroundtime independabilityevaluation iscrucialfor e cient fault-tolerant system design and dependability of the resulting product since timely feedbacks will allow more i...
CRITICAL
2005
14 years 1 months ago
2005
This paper considers multiple meanings of dependability as part of a project investigating home based assistive and smart home technology for older people. It argues that because ...
EPEW
2006
Springer
14 years 3 months ago
2006
Springer
Abstract. As Web service-based system integration recently became the mainstream approach to create composite services, the dependability of such systems becomes more and more cruc...
DSN
2004
IEEE
14 years 3 months ago
2004
IEEE
We present the concept of alternative functionality for improving dependability in distributed embedded systems. Alternative functionality is a mechanism that complements traditio...