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28th IEEE International Real-Time Systems Symposium (RTSS 2007)
Fast Algorithms for Testing Fault-Tolerance of Sequenced Jobs with Deadlines
Tucson, Arizona, USA
December 03-December 06
ISBN: 0-7695-3062-1
In queue-based scheduling systems jobs are executed according to a predefined sequential plan. During exe- cution, faults may occur that cause jobs to re-execute, thus delaying the whole schedule. It is thus important to determine (in real-time) whether the given set of pre- ordered jobs is fault-tolerant, that is, if all jobs will al- ways meet their deadlines. This allows, for instance, to decide online whether to admit a new urgent job into the queue while still guaranteeing that the whole sched- ule remains fault-tolerant. Our goal in this work is to design efficient algorithm for testing fault tolerance of sequenced jobs in the presence of transient faults. We consider different fault models that specify which fault patterns are allowed to occur and how soon failed jobs can be restarted. For each fault model we provide ef- ficient algorithms that determine the feasibility of all jobs in the schedule. Our algorithms are exact and run in time linear in the number of jobs (deterministically, or with very high probability, depending on the fault model), and thus can be used to make real-time deci- sions.
Citation:
Marek Chrobak, Mathilde Hurand, Jiri Sgall, "Fast Algorithms for Testing Fault-Tolerance of Sequenced Jobs with Deadlines," rtss, pp.139-148, 28th IEEE International Real-Time Systems Symposium (RTSS 2007), 2007
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