Reducing risk by managing software related failures in networked control systems Conference Paper

abstract

• 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. 2006 IEEE.

authors

• Kumar, Panganamala

published proceedings

• Proceedings of the IEEE Conference on Decision and Control

author list (cited authors)

• Baliga, G., Graham, S., Gunter, C. A., & Kumar, P. R.

complete list of authors

• Baliga, G||Graham, S||Gunter, CA||Kumar, PR

publication date

• December 2006

published in

• IEEE Conference on Decision and Control  Journal

International Standard Book Number (ISBN) 10

• 1424401712

International Standard Book Number (ISBN) 13

• 9781424401710

start page

• 2866

end page

• 2871