Author Type

Graduate Student

Date of Award

1990

Document Type

Thesis

Publication Status

Version of Record

Submission Date

October 2026

Thesis/Dissertation Advisor [Chair]

Fernandez, Eduardo B.

Abstract

Recent advances in computer technology have increased the performance of computers, but application requirements will always exceed the performance level available today. This requires the use of multiprocessors. The importance of multiprocessor systems is increasing due to many reasons, one of which is reliability. Reliability is also an important aspect in any computer system design. For reliable operation the system should be able to detect and locate most of its faults. The idea of using a set of processes collectively known as a Recovery Metaprogram (RMP) is applied in this thesis to system diagnosis. Several error location algorithms are analyzed and compared. Most of them are comparison methods. A new algorithm, called Duplication algorithm, is developed and analyzed. Primitives, oriented to the specific functions of error diagnosis, required by the RMP to coordinate recovery functions are also developed in this thesis.

Extent

116 p.

Comments

College of Engineering and Computer Science|FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection|Thesis (M.S.C.E.)--Florida Atlantic University, 1990.|College of Engineering and Computer Science

Identifier

FADT14656

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