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DSN
2002
IEEE
14 years 16 days ago
An Automated Approach to Increasing the Robustness of C Libraries
As our reliance on computers increases, so does the need for robust software. Previous studies have shown that many C libraries exhibit robustness problems due to exceptional inpu...
Christof Fetzer, Zhen Xiao
DSN
2002
IEEE
14 years 16 days ago
Probabilistic Multicast
Gossip-based broadcast algorithms have been considered as a viable alternative to traditional deterministic reliable broadcast algorithms in large scale environments. However, the...
Patrick Th. Eugster, Rachid Guerraoui
DSN
2002
IEEE
14 years 16 days ago
A Realistic Look At Failure Detectors
This paper shows that, in an environment where we do not bound the number of faulty processes, the class P of Perfect failure detectors is the weakest (among realistic failure det...
Carole Delporte-Gallet, Hugues Fauconnier, Rachid ...
DSN
2002
IEEE
14 years 16 days ago
Robust Software - No More Excuses
Software developers identify two main reasons why software systems are not made robust: performance and practicality. This work demonstrates the effectiveness of general technique...
John DeVale, Philip Koopman
DSN
2002
IEEE
14 years 16 days ago
Performance Analysis of a Consensus Algorithm Combining Stochastic Activity Networks and Measurements
Protocols which solve agreement problems are essential building blocks for fault tolerant distributed applications. While many protocols have been published, little has been done ...
Andrea Coccoli, Péter Urbán, Andrea ...
DSN
2002
IEEE
14 years 16 days ago
SMART: Stochastic Model-checking Analyzer for Reliability and Timing
Gianfranco Ciardo, R. L. Jones III, Robert M. Marm...
DSN
2002
IEEE
14 years 16 days ago
Pinpoint: Problem Determination in Large, Dynamic Internet Services
Traditional problem determination techniques rely on static dependency models that are difficult to generate accurately in today’s large, distributed, and dynamic application e...
Mike Y. Chen, Emre Kiciman, Eugene Fratkin, Armand...
DSN
2002
IEEE
14 years 16 days ago
Reliability and Availability Analysis for the JPL Remote Exploration and Experimentation System
The NASA Remote Exploration and Experimentation (REE) Project, managed by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, has the vision of bringing commercial supercomputing technology into space...
Dong Chen, Selvamuthu Dharmaraja, Dongyan Chen, Le...
DSN
2002
IEEE
14 years 16 days ago
Process Modelling to Support Dependability Arguments
This paper reports work to support dependability arguments about the future reliability of a product before there is direct empirical evidence. We develop a method for estimating ...
Robin E. Bloomfield, Sofia Guerra
DSN
2002
IEEE
14 years 16 days ago
Formal Development of an Embedded Verifier for Java Card Byte Code
Ludovic Casset, Lilian Burdy, Antoine Requet