TY - GEN
T1 - Reducing risk by managing software related failures in networked control systems
AU - Baliga, Girish
AU - Graham, Scott
AU - Gunter, Carl A.
AU - Kumar, P. R.
PY - 2006
Y1 - 2006
N2 - Managing risk is a central problem in the design and operation of networked control systems, and due to the increasing role and growing complexity of software in such systems, managing software related failures is becoming a central challenge. Even simple programming errors can cause catastrophic failures [1]. Hence, it is vital to contain risks due to software related failures in such systems. Our main thesis is that most software related failures can be managed through relatively simple and generally applicable strategies, and such strategies can be effectively developed and reused with suitable support from software infrastructure such as middleware. We describe mechanisms in Etherware, our middleware for control over networks [2], for containing software failures, and demonstrate the effectiveness of these mechanisms through experiments in a vehicular control testbed.
AB - Managing risk is a central problem in the design and operation of networked control systems, and due to the increasing role and growing complexity of software in such systems, managing software related failures is becoming a central challenge. Even simple programming errors can cause catastrophic failures [1]. Hence, it is vital to contain risks due to software related failures in such systems. Our main thesis is that most software related failures can be managed through relatively simple and generally applicable strategies, and such strategies can be effectively developed and reused with suitable support from software infrastructure such as middleware. We describe mechanisms in Etherware, our middleware for control over networks [2], for containing software failures, and demonstrate the effectiveness of these mechanisms through experiments in a vehicular control testbed.
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U2 - 10.1109/cdc.2006.377538
DO - 10.1109/cdc.2006.377538
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:39649106867
SN - 1424401712
SN - 9781424401710
T3 - Proceedings of the IEEE Conference on Decision and Control
SP - 2866
EP - 2871
BT - Proceedings of the 45th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control 2006, CDC
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
T2 - 45th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control 2006, CDC
Y2 - 13 December 2006 through 15 December 2006
ER -