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Fault-Tolerant Systems
SOP Acad. year 2003/2004 Summer semester 6 credits
Principles of fault tolerance, structures and techniques. Codes for control and correction of information. Cyclic codes, Fire codes, BCH and RS. Convolutional codes. Modelling, estimation and control of reliability. Fail-safe systems. Architecture of FT systems. Fault tolerance at VLSI level. Fault tolerance in computer units, computer systems and communication networks. Distributed tolerant systems, fault tolerant software.
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Subject specific learning outcomes and competences
Skills and approaches to building fault tolerance using hardware and codes.
Learning objectives
To inform the students about different types of redundancy and its application for the design of computer systems being able to function correctly even under presence of faults and data errors.
Course inclusion in study plans
- Programme EI-BC-3, field VTB, 1st year of study, Elective
- Programme EI-BC-3 (in English), field VTB, 1st year of study, Elective
- Programme EI-MGR-3, field VTN, 3rd year of study, Elective
- Programme EI-MGR-5, field VTI, 3rd year of study, Elective
- Programme EI-MGR-5 (in English), field VTI, 3rd year of study, Elective