Reliable Computer Systems Design and Evaluation, Third Edition

This classic reference work is a comprehensive guide to the design, evaluation, and use of reliable computer systems. It includes case studies of reliable systems from manufacturers, such as Tandem, Stratus, IBM, and Digital. It covers special systems such as the Galileo Orbiter fault protection system and AT&T telephone switching system processors.

About the author

Siewiorek, Daniel P.; Swarz, Robert S.

Summary

This book is devoted to the fundamental concepts and theory of reliable computer systems and represents detailed case studies. It deals with the practice of reliable design, and is helpful for the practicing engineer and the advanced undergraduate student interested in reliable design.

Product details

• Authors: Daniel P. Siewiorek, Robert S. Swarz, Swarz Robert S., Siewiorek Daniel P.
• Publisher: Peters, Wellesley
• Content: Book
• Product form: Hardback
• Publication date: 01.01.1998
• Subject: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > IT, data processing > IT
• EAN: 9781568810928
• ISBN: 978-1-56881-092-8
• Pages: 928
• Illustrations: w. figs.
• Height (packing): 23.5 cm
• Weight (packing): 1,434 g
• Subjects: Software Engineering, COMPUTERS / Software Development & Engineering / General, COMPUTERS / Logic Design, Systems analysis & design, Computer architecture & logic design, COMPUTERS / Computer Architecture, Computer architecture and logic design, Systems analysis and design, Dependability Engineering, fault diagnosis techniques, maintainability assessment, system evaluation criteria, high-availability computing, critical infrastructure reliability, advanced fault tolerance design