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Microcomputer Based, Gracefully Degrading Industrial Controller

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Fehlertolerierende Rechensysteme / Fault-tolerant Computing Systems

Part of the book series: Informatik-Fachberichte ((INFORMATIK,volume 214))

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The hardware and software architecture of a three processor, gracefully degrading industrial controller is presented in this work. In order to evaluate the main features of the controller we use the distribution function of the accumulated reward as a performance related reliability measure. This function is derived by means of a numerical algorithm. Finally, the control of a steam boiler is presented as an application example.

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  1. Control and Computers Department, Polytechnic Institute of Bucharest, Spl.Independentei 313, Bucharest, 77206, Romania

    Cristian Constantinescu

  2. Research Institute for Computer Technique and Informatics, Calea Floreasca 167, Bucharest, 72321, Romania

    Calin Sandovici

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  1. Institut für Rechnerentwurf und Fehlertoleranz, Fakultät für Informatik, Universität Karlsruhe, Postfach 6980, D-7500, Karlsruhe 1, Germany

    Winfried Görke

  2. ZBIT/ Elektro- und Prozeßleittechnik, Th. Goldschmidt AG, Goldschmidtstraße 100, D-4300, Essen 1, Germany

    Holger Sörensen

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Constantinescu, C., Sandovici, C. (1989). Microcomputer Based, Gracefully Degrading Industrial Controller. In: Görke, W., Sörensen, H. (eds) Fehlertolerierende Rechensysteme / Fault-tolerant Computing Systems. Informatik-Fachberichte, vol 214. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-75002-1_10

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