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Lookup NU author(s): Emeritus Professor Tom Anderson, Professor Brian RandellORCiD, Emeritus Professor Alexander RomanovskyORCiD
Enclosing a component within a software "wrapper" is a well-established way of adapting components for use in new environments. This paper presents an overview of an experimental evaluation of the use of a wrapper to protectagainst faults arising during the (simulated) operation of a practical and critical system; the specific context is a protective wrapper for an off-the-shelf software component at the heart of the control system of a steam raising boiler. Encouraged by the positive outcomes of this experimentation we seek to position protective wrappers as a basis for structuring the provision of fault tolerance in component-based open systems and networks. The paper addresses some key issues and developments relating wrappers to the provision of dependability in future computing systems.
Author(s): Anderson T, Randell B, Romanovsky A
Publication type: Conference Proceedings (inc. Abstract)
Publication status: Published
Conference Name: Building the Information Society: Proceedings of the IFIP 18th World Computer Congress
Year of Conference: 2004
Pages: 165-173
Date deposited: 26/11/2004
Publisher: Kluwer Academic Publishers
URL: http://www.cs.ncl.ac.uk/publications/inproceedings/papers/778.pdf
