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BII5120Fault Tolerant Systems3+0+0ECTS:7.5
Year / SemesterSpring Semester
Level of CourseSecond Cycle
Status Elective
DepartmentDEPARTMENT of COMPUTER ENGINEERING
Prerequisites and co-requisitesNone
Mode of DeliveryFace to face
Contact Hours14 weeks - 3 hours of lectures per week
LecturerProf. Dr. Mustafa ULUTAŞ
Co-LecturerNone
Language of instruction
Professional practise ( internship ) None
 
The aim of the course:
Determine the need for FT (Fault Tolerant) computing systems, design FT computers and analyze reliability of FT systems.
 
Programme OutcomesCTPOTOA
Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to :
PO - 1 : Understand the software and hardware requirements of high availability and fault tolerant systems1,3,4,5,8,10,11,12,141,6
PO - 2 : Design fault tolerant computing systems1,4,5,8,11,12,131,6
PO - 3 : Gain in depth knowledge of both hardware and software fault tolerance1,4,5,8,9,10,11,13,151,6
PO - 4 : Learn reliability and lifetime measures1,3,5,11,12,13,14,151,6
CTPO : Contribution to programme outcomes, TOA :Type of assessment (1: written exam, 2: Oral exam, 3: Homework assignment, 4: Laboratory exercise/exam, 5: Seminar / presentation, 6: Term paper), PO : Learning Outcome

 
Contents of the Course
Introduction, architecture of fault tolerant computers, taxonomy, high availability systems, long life systems, critical computations. Fault-tolerance in multiprocessor systems, static redundancy, fault detection, recovery startegies.Reliability estimation, element and system reliability, combinatorial and Markov models,system availability (MTBF), behavioral decomposition, reliability model, coverage models, computer-aided reliability estimation. Fault-tolerant software, reliability models for software, acceptance tests, fault trees, bounded models, probabilistic models.
 
Course Syllabus
 WeekSubjectRelated Notes / Files
 Week 1Faults and their manifestations
 Week 2Fault/error modeling and test generation
 Week 3Reliability, availability and maintainability analysis
 Week 4System evaluation, performance-reliability trade offs
 Week 5System level fault diagnosis
 Week 6Hardware and software redundancy techniques
 Week 7Fault-tolerant system design methods
 Week 8Software fault tolerance
 Week 9Mid-Term Examination
 Week 10Fault-tolerant networks
 Week 11Wireless bulk systems
 Week 12Case studies of fault tolerant systems
 Week 13Current research issues
 Week 14Fault injection methods
 Week 15Fault tolerant on the Mobile computing and mobile communications
 Week 16Final examination
 
Textbook / Material
1Fault tolerant systems, Koren, I., Krishna, C. M., Morgan Kaufmann, 2010
 
Recommended Reading
1Fault-Tolerant Computer System Design, Pradhan, D. K., Prentice-Hall, 1996.
 
Method of Assessment
Type of assessmentWeek NoDate

Duration (hours)Weight (%)
Mid-term exam 9 2 30
Project 14 2 20
End-of-term exam 16 2 50
 
Student Work Load and its Distribution
Type of workDuration (hours pw)

No of weeks / Number of activity

Hours in total per term
Yüz yüze eğitim 3 14 42
Sınıf dışı çalışma 5 14 70
Arasınav için hazırlık 4 1 4
Arasınav 2 1 2
Proje 30 1 30
Dönem sonu sınavı için hazırlık 25 1 25
Dönem sonu sınavı 2 1 2
Total work load175