Fault-Tolerant Systems

Fault-Tolerant Systems provides a comprehensive and rigorous introduction to the principles, design techniques, and implementation strategies required to build systems that continue operating correctly even in the presence of faults.

Written for advanced students, researchers, and practicing engineers, this authoritative text explores both hardware and software approaches to reliability. It explains how failures occur, how they can be detected, and how systems can recover — ensuring high availability, safety, and dependability in mission-critical environments.

The book covers fundamental concepts such as fault models, error detection mechanisms, redundancy techniques, and system reliability analysis. It also examines practical implementations in computing, communication networks, and embedded systems.

Key topics include:

• Fault types and failure models

• Redundancy (hardware, information, time, and software redundancy)

• Error detection and correction techniques

• Checkpointing and rollback recovery

• Byzantine fault tolerance

• Reliability and availability modeling

• Safety-critical system design

Combining theoretical foundations with real-world applications, Fault-Tolerant Systems is an essential resource for anyone designing dependable computing infrastructures — from embedded controllers to large-scale distributed systems.

Size: A4(20*28cm)

Printing: 80 gm – color

Cover: Softcover