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2004
IEEE
15 years 10 months ago
A Framework for Evaluating Storage System Dependability
Designing storage systems to provide business continuity in the face of failures requires the use of various data protection techniques, such as backup, remote mirroring, point-in-...
Kimberly Keeton, Arif Merchant
DSN
2004
IEEE
15 years 10 months ago
Improving System Dependability with Functional Alternatives
We present the concept of alternative functionality for improving dependability in distributed embedded systems. Alternative functionality is a mechanism that complements traditio...
Charles P. Shelton, Philip Koopman
ECBS
2010
IEEE
224views Hardware» more  ECBS 2010»
16 years 1 months ago
Timed Automata Model for Component-Based Real-Time Systems
—One of the key challenges in modern real-time embedded systems is safe composition of different software components. Formal verification techniques provide the means for design...
Georgiana Macariu, Vladimir Cretu
ICSE
2009
IEEE-ACM
16 years 1 months ago
Using quantitative analysis to implement autonomic IT systems
The software underpinning today’s IT systems needs to adapt dynamically and predictably to rapid changes in system workload, environment and objectives. We describe a software f...
Radu Calinescu, Marta Z. Kwiatkowska
ECBS
2007
IEEE
133views Hardware» more  ECBS 2007»
16 years 29 days ago
Agile Development Methodology for Embedded Systems: A Platform-Based Design Approach
This paper describes an agile development methodology which combines agile principles with organizational patterns and adapts them to build embedded real-time systems focusing on ...
Lucas Cordeiro, Raimundo S. Barreto, Rafael Barcel...