The N-Version Approach to Fault-Tolerant Software
- 1 December 1985
- journal article
- Published by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering
- Vol. SE-11 (12), 1491-1501
- https://doi.org/10.1109/tse.1985.231893
Abstract
Evolution of the N-version software approach to the tolerance of design faults is reviewed. Principal requirements for the implementation of N-version software are summarized and the DEDIX distributed supervisor and testbed for the execution of N-version software is described. Goals of current research are presented and some potential benefits of the N-version approach are identified.Keywords
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