Modeling methods for the design and evaluation of fault-tolerantsystems military systems

摘要

The authors describe an approach for using directed graphsimulation models, behavioral simulation models, and semi-Markovanalytic models to implement early- to mid-design analysis activitiesspecified by the SDIO BM/C³ Processor and Algorithm WorkingGroup. The use of the models was demonstrated for a mission scenariorequiring parallel, reliable computations with a maximum probability ofsystem failure between 10^-4 and 10^-2 over a 5-yearpreengagement phase and between 10^-7 and 10^-5 overa half-hour engagement phase