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Undergraduate Record 2007-2008 
    
Undergraduate Record 2007-2008 [ARCHIVED RECORD]

ECE 434 - Fault-Tolerant Computing


Focuses on the techniques for designing and analyzing dependable computer-based systems. Topics include fault models and effects, fault avoidance techniques, hardware redundancy, error detecting and correcting codes, time redundancy, software redundancy, combinatorial reliability modeling, Markov reliability modeling, availability modeling, maintainability, safety modeling, trade-off analysis, design for testability, and the testing of redundant digital systems. Cross-listed as CS 434. (Y)

Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: ECE/CS 333, APMA 213 and 310 or equivalent, with grades of C- or higher, or instructor permission.

Credits: 3