Abstract

The paper addresses the safety analysis and evaluation of a hard real-time, interlocking, railway control system. The major objective is to demonstrate an efficient methodology capable of capturing crucial system dependability characteristics while allowing meaningful results to be obtained within a reasonable time. The evaluation is done by simulating the execution of the control software under transient hardware faults. The study demonstrates that simulation is a valuable approach to quick and accurate assessment of critical railway control systems. It allows to study the trade-offs between different alternatives and to quantify the impact of crucial system parameters (e.g., scheduling policy in data exchange among redundant units in the system) on the overall system dependability.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages174-179
Number of pages6
StatePublished - 1997
EventProceedings of the 1997 Pacific Rim International Symposium on Fault-Tolerant Systems, PRFTS - Taipei, Taiwan
Duration: Dec 15 1997Dec 16 1997

Other

OtherProceedings of the 1997 Pacific Rim International Symposium on Fault-Tolerant Systems, PRFTS
CityTaipei, Taiwan
Period12/15/9712/16/97

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Engineering

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