Number of hours
- Lectures 12.0
- Projects -
- Tutorials 6.0
- Internship -
- Laboratory works 9.0
- Written tests -
ECTS
ECTS 2.5
Goal(s)
Students should be able to :
- determine safety properties of computing systems;
- implement appropriate fault tolerance approaches depending on the nature of studied systems;
- evaluate dependability attributes using analytical approaches;
- Improve system robustness by using fault detection and elimination techniques;
Responsible(s)
Oum-El-Kheir AKTOUF
Content(s)
I. Dependability:
- Functional and structural redundancy.
- Structural redundancy techniques (hardware, temporal, information and software)
- Dependability evaluation techniques: combinatorial and Markov models.
- The FMEA analysis.
II. Software Testing:
- Goals and limitations of testing
- Testing techniques based on the program structures or on specifications
- Regression testing, conformance testing
- Computer architecture
- Programming skills
- Graph theory basics
Test
E1: Final exam of Session 1: written exam, duration: 3 hours, without document, covering the 2 parts of the course (80%), (Part I -> 40%, Part II -> 40%)
Lab.: 1 mark(20%)
E2: Session 2 exam: written exam, duration: 1h30, without document
Calendar
The course exists in the following branches:
- Curriculum - Network and computer science - Semester 9
Additional Information
Course ID : 5AMSE503
Course language(s): 
The course is attached to the following structures:
- Team Computer Science
You can find this course among all other courses.
Bibliography
1. « Fault-tolerant Computing Theory and Techniques », D. K. Pradhan, Vol. I, II, Prentice Hall, 1986.
2. « Fault-tolerant Computer System Design », D. K. Pradhan, Prentice Hall, 1996.
3. « Reliable Computer Systems. Design and Evaluation », D. P. Siewiorek, R. S. Swarz, Digital Press, 1992.
4. « Guide de la Sûreté de Fonctionnement », J.-C. Laprie et al., Cépaduès-Éditions, 1995.
What is a grande école ?
French engineering curriculum
