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The paper deals with the problem of enhancing fault handling capabilities (detection, masking, recovery) in COTS based systems by means of various software techniques. The effectiveness of this approach is analyzed using fault insertion testbed. Discussing test results, we concentrate on fault propagation effects and experiment tuning issues.
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Gawkowski, P., Sosnowski, J. (2001). Experimental Evaluation of Fault Handling Mechanisms. In: Voges, U. (eds) Computer Safety, Reliability and Security. SAFECOMP 2001. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 2187. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-45416-0_12
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