Computing System Reliability Models and Analysis /

• Main Authors: Xie, Min (Author), Dai, Yuan-Shun (Author), Poh, Kim-Leng (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Boston, MA : Springer US, 2004.
• Subjects: Mathematics.; Computer science.; Microprocessors.; Software engineering.; Mathematical models.; Mathematical logic.; Mathematical Modeling and Industrial Mathematics.; Computer Science, general.; Processor Architectures.; Mathematical Logic and Foundations.; Software Engineering/Programming and Operating Systems.

Computing systems are of growing importance because of their wide use in many areas including those in safety-critical systems. This book describes the basic models and approaches to the reliability analysis of such systems. An extensive review is provided and models are categorized into different t...

Table of Contents:

• Basic Reliability Concepts and Analysis
• Models for Hardware System Reliability
• Models for Software Reliability
• Models for Integrated Systems
• Availability and Reliability of Distributed Computing Systems
• Reliability of Grid Computing Systems
• Multi-state System Reliability
• Optimal System Design and Resource Allocation.