Introduction
- Dependability as a Design Goal
- Applications
- Terminology, Complexity and Models
Faults, Errors, Failures
- Physical Causes of Faults
- Fault Characteristics
- Common Fault Models
- Common Error Models
Design Techniques
- Hardware Redundancy
- Information Redundancy
- Time Redundancy
- Software Redundancy
Application of the Developed Theory
- Design Cycle Modification to accommodate Dependability
- A Design Example
