Adaptive Fault Resistant System (AFRS).

Abstract

This report summarizes the architecture and design developed for an adaptive fault- resistant distributed computing environment. A prototype Adaptive Fault Resistant System (AFRS) was developed as part of an ongoing investigation into using adaptive fault-tolerant techniques to improve the survivability of Battle Management/C3 systems. An Adaptive Fault Manager (AFM) is described. The ATM provides a capability to monitor and dynamically reconfigure a system in response to changes in its internal state (e.g., equipment failures) and/or changes that occur in the external environment. The enabling technologies that were exploited to implement this system are described, and a brief discussion of lessons learned is presented. A national Battle Management/C3 application was selected and modified to demonstrate the adaptive fault-tolerance concept. That application, Theater Missile Defense - Command and Control (TMD-CC), is also briefly described.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1995
Accession Number
ADA292772

Entities

People

  • Angela M. Kitchen
  • Bob R. Gupta
  • Don A. Sutton

Organizations

  • Martin Marietta

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • C4I
  • Engineered Resilient Systems
  • Sensors
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Application Software
  • Battle Management
  • Command And Control
  • Command Centers
  • Computer Programming
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Databases
  • Fault Tolerance
  • Lessons Learned
  • Models
  • Neural Networks
  • Operating Systems
  • Storage
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Theater Missile Defense

Readers

  • Enterprise Information Systems Architecture and Joint Command Capability Interoperability Support.
  • Parallel and Distributed Computing.

Technology Areas

  • Fully Networked C3
  • Fully Networked C3 - Command and Control