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Failure-tolerant computer design /

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Pierce, William H.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Academic Press, 1965.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • FrontCover; Failure-Tolerant Computer Design; Copyright Page; Dedication; Preface; Table of Contents; CHAPTER I. Introduction toRedundancy Theory; A. BASIC CONCEPTS FOR MAKING RELIABLECOMPUTERS OUT OF UNRELIABLE PARTS; B. ERROR TYPES A N D RELIABILITY TYPES; CHAPTER II. Limit Theorems: A Foundation forRedundancy Theory; A. INTRODUCTORY IDEAS ON RELIABILITY SYNTHESIS; B. RELIABILITY ASYMPTOTES OF PARALLELED UNITS; C. RELIABILITY OF MULTIPLE-FUNCTION SYSTEM WITHPARALLELED INDIVIDUAL UNITS; D.A SYSTEMATIC PROCEDURE FOR SELECTINGTHE NEXT IMPROVEMENT IN A SYSTEM.
  • E. TIME ASYMPTOTES FOR LOG FAILURE PROBABILITY FOR EXPONENTIALSURVIVAL PROBABILITYF. APPLICATIONS IN DETERMINING THE OPTIMUMPLACEMENT OF RESTORING ORGANS; G. FAILURE PROBABILITY ASYMPTOTES FOR AFIXED SYSTEM; H.A SHORT SUMMARY; PROBLEMS; CHAPTER III. Decision Theoryin Redundant Systems; A. CONCEPTS AND TECHNIQUES; B. THE LINEARLY SEPARABLE DECISION ELEMENT; C. DECISION THEORY AND VOTE-TAKING; D. RELIABILITY ANALYSIS OF VOTE-TAKERS; E. OPTIMUM AND OPTIMIZED SETTINGS OF VOTE-WEIGHTSUSING IMPERFECT INFORMATION; F. SUMMARY ON USING DECISION THEORY INREDUNDANT COMPUTERS; PROBLEMS.
  • CHAPTER IV. AdaptiveDecision ElementsA. CYCLIC ERROR-COUNTING ADAPTION PROCEDURES; B. INCREMENTAL ADAPTION PROCEDURES; C. PLACEMENT OF DECISION ELEMENTS INREDUNDANT NETWORKS; D. SYSTEM RELIABILITY; E. SUMMARY; PROBLEMS; CHAPTER V. Interconnection Structure forRedundant Logic; A. VOCABULARY FOR INTERWOVEN LOGIC; B. RESTORING ORGANS; C. INTERWOVEN LOGIC WITH SINGLE-LAYERERROR CORRECTION; D. INTERWOVEN LOGIC WITH ALTERNATING-LAYERERROR CORRECTION; E. SYSTEMATIC GROUPINGS OF INPUTS INALTERNATING-LAYER INTERWOVEN LOGIC.
  • F. SYSTEMATIC GROUPINGS OF INPUTS IN SINGLE-LAYER ERROR-CORRECTING INTERWOVENREDUNDANT LOGICG. SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS; PROBLEMS; CHAPTER VI. RedundantRelay Theory; A. THE h(p)FUNCTION; B. THE MOORE-SHANNON LIMIT THEOREM; C. OTHER RELIABILITY TECHNIQUES RELATED TO THE MOORE AND SHANNONPAPER; PROBLEMS; CHAPTER VII. The Place, If Any, of Coding Techniques in Failure-Tolerant DigitalNetworks; A. HISTORICAL BACKGROUND; B. SYNTHESIS EXAMPLE; C. PLACEMENTS OF DECODERS; D. DECODER COMPLEXITY; E. CONCLUSIONS; PROBLEMS; CHAPTER VIII. Transition Analysesin Reliability Theory.
  • A. INTRODUCTORY MARKOV CHAIN THEORYB. T W O RELIABILITY PROBLEMS FOR NONREDUNDANTSYSTEMS; C. RELIABILITY ANALYSES FOR CHAINS OFRESTORING ORGANS; D. PROBABILITY BOUNDS IN MARKOV CHAINS HAVING MANY STATES OR INEXACTLY KNOWN TRANSITIONMATRICES; E. APPLICATIONS OF PROBABILITY BOUNDS; PROBLEMS; CHAPTER IX. Conclusions, Comparisons andUnsolved Problems; A. WHAT IS KNOWN; B. WHAT IS BEST; B. WHAT IS BEST; APPENDIX 1: Stability Analysis of Adaption Method II-B; Text; STABILITY EXAMPLE; PROBLEMS FOR APPENDIX I; APPENDIX 2: Equilibrium Analysis of Adaption Method III-A; Text; APPENDIX 3: Optimized Incrementsfor Adaption Methods IV-A and IV-B.