NEW DESIGN TECHNIQUES FOR ENHANCING FAULT TOLERANT COTS SOFTWARE WRAPPERS

Luping Chen, John May

2007

Abstract

Component-based systems can be built by assembling components developed independently of the systems. Middleware code that connects the components is usually needed to assemble them into a system. The ordinary role of the middleware is simple glue code, but there is an opportunity to design it as a safety wrapper to control the integration of the components to help assure system dependability. This paper investigates some architectural designs for the safety wrappers using a nuclear protection system example. It integrates new fault-tolerant techniques based on diagnostic assertions and diverse redundancy into the middleware designs. This is an attractive option where complete trust in component reliability is impossible or costly to achieve.

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Chen L. and May J. (2007). NEW DESIGN TECHNIQUES FOR ENHANCING FAULT TOLERANT COTS SOFTWARE WRAPPERS . In Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Software and Data Technologies - Volume 2: ICSOFT, ISBN 978-989-8111-06-7, pages 277-282. DOI: 10.5220/0001340202770282


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@conference{icsoft07,
author={Luping Chen and John May},
title={NEW DESIGN TECHNIQUES FOR ENHANCING FAULT TOLERANT COTS SOFTWARE WRAPPERS},
booktitle={Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Software and Data Technologies - Volume 2: ICSOFT,},
year={2007},
pages={277-282},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0001340202770282},
isbn={978-989-8111-06-7},
}


in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Software and Data Technologies - Volume 2: ICSOFT,
TI - NEW DESIGN TECHNIQUES FOR ENHANCING FAULT TOLERANT COTS SOFTWARE WRAPPERS
SN - 978-989-8111-06-7
AU - Chen L.
AU - May J.
PY - 2007
SP - 277
EP - 282
DO - 10.5220/0001340202770282