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Incorporating fault tolerance tactics in software architecture patterns

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Neil B. Harrison,

Paris AvgeriouAuthors Info & Claims

SERENE '08: Proceedings of the 2008 RISE/EFTS Joint International Workshop on Software Engineering for Resilient Systems

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https://doi.org/10.1145/1479772.1479775

Published: 17 November 2008 Publication History

Abstract

One important way that an architecture impacts fault tolerance is by making it easy or hard to implement measures that improve fault tolerance. Many such measures are described as fault tolerance tactics. We studied how various fault tolerance tactics can be implemented in the best-known architecture patterns. This shows that certain patterns are better suited to implementing fault tolerance tactics than others, and that certain alternate tactics are better matches than others for a given pattern. System architects can use this data to help select architecture patterns and tactics for reliable systems.

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Incorporating fault tolerance tactics in software architecture patterns
1. General and reference
  1. Cross-computing tools and techniques
    1. Reliability
2. Software and its engineering
  1. Software organization and properties
    1. Extra-functional properties
      1. Software reliability
    2. Software system structures
      1. Software architectures

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SERENE '08: Proceedings of the 2008 RISE/EFTS Joint International Workshop on Software Engineering for Resilient Systems

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DOI:10.1145/1479772

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University of L'Aquila, Italy
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Newcastle University, UK

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