ECE 544 - Fault-Tolerant Computing and Reliability Engineering

Institution:

University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth

Subject:

Electrical and Computer Engineering

Description:

3 hours lecture Prerequisites: ECE 260; MTH 212; MTH 331 or ECE 384; or permission of instructor Techniques for designing and analyzing dependable and fault-tolerant computer-based systems. Topics addressed include fault, error, and failure cause- and-effect relationships; fault avoidance techniques; fault tolerance techniques, including hardware, software, information, and time redundancy; fault coverage; time-to-failure models and distributions; reliability modeling and evaluation techniques, including fault trees, cut-sets, reliability block diagrams, binary decision diagrams, and Markov models. In addition, availability modeling, safety modeling, and trade-off analysis are presented. The course will also include a research paper and investigation of current topics.

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.umassd.edu

Phone Number:

(508) 999-8000

Regional Accreditation:

New England Association of Schools and Colleges

Calendar System:

Semester

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