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Real-time systems must be reliable. Ideally they will perform in a fault-free manner throughout their lifetime. In reality, this is rarely the case: systems will fail from time to time. Hardware systems fail when their components wear out, but software cannot ‘wear out’. Why then does a software system fail? —
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© 1987 S. T. Allworth and R. N. Zobel
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Allworth, S.T., Zobel, R.N. (1987). Reliability. In: Introduction to Real-time Software Design. Macmillan Computer Science Series. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-18821-5_5
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