Paper Info
Title
Model-Driven Engineering of Reliable Fault-Tolerant Systems - A State-of-the-Art Survey.
Abstract
To improve the reliability of a system, we can add fault-tolerance mechanisms. This, however, leads to a rise of complexity that increases the probability of software faults being introduced. Hence, unless the process is handled carefully, adding fault tolerance may even lead to a less reliable system. As a way to deal with the inherently high level of complexity of fault-tolerant systems, some research groups have turned to the paradigm of model-driven engineering. This results in a research field that crosscuts the established fields of software engineering, system verification, fault-tolerant systems and distributed systems. Many works are presented in the context of one of these traditional fields, making it difficult to get a good overview of what is presently offered. We survey 10 approaches for model-driven engineering of reliable fault-tolerant systems and present 13 characteristics classifying the approaches in a manner useful for both users and developers of such approaches. We further discuss the state of the field and what the future may bring.
Year
DOI
Venue
2013
10.1016/B978-0-12-408089-8.00004-5
ADVANCES IN COMPUTERS, VOL 91
Field
DocType
Volume
Systems engineering,Computer science,Model-driven architecture,Fault tolerance,Software,System verification
Journal
91
ISSN
Citations 
PageRank 
0065-2458
0
0.34
References 
Authors
0
3
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Vidar Slåtten1614.65
Peter Herrmann215312.37
Frank Alexander Kraemer326221.13