Diagnosis service for embedded software component based systems

ABSTRACT

This paper studies the fault diagnosis of component-based applications, especially embedded ones. The principle of the proposed diagnosis technique is to implement inter-component tests in order to detect and locate faulty components without component replication. A diagnosis service for embedded software component based systems is developed. Its advantages are application autonomy, cost-effectiveness and better usage of system resources. Such advantages are very important for embedded systems.

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INDEX TERMS

Keywords:
dependability, diagnosis, embedded systems, fault tolerance