Abstract
dc:description.abstractThree models are proposed to evaluate and design distributed reconfigurable systems for fault tolerant, highly reliable applications. These models serve as valuable tools for developing fault tolerant systems. In each model, cells work together in parallel to change the global structure through a series of separate actions. In the Local Supervisor Model (LSM), selected cells guide the reconfiguration process. In the Tessellation Automata Model (TAM), each cell determines its next state based on its state and its neighbors' states, and communicates its state information to its neighbors. In the Interconnected Finite State Machine Model (IFS:MM:), each cell determines its next state and outputs based on its state and its inputs. The hierarchical nature of the TAM and IFSMM provides advantages in evaluating, comparing, and designing systems. The use of each of these models in describing systems is demonstrated. The IFSMM: is emphasized since it is the most versatile of the three models. The IFSMM: is used to identify algorithm weaknesses and improvements, compare existing algorithms, and develop a novel design for a reconfigurable hypercube.
Degree
thesis:*- Name thesis:degree_name
- Ph. D.
- Level thesis:degree_level
- doctoral
- Discipline thesis:degree_discipline
- Electrical Engineering
- Department dc:contributor.department
- Electrical Engineering
- Grantor dc:publisher
- Virginia Tech
- Year dc:date.issued
- 1991
Author and committee
dc:creator, dc:contributor.*- Author dc:creator
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- DeBrunner, Linda Sumners
- Chair dc:contributor.committeechair
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- Gray, Festus Gail
- Committee members dc:contributor.committeemember
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- Armstrong, James R.
- Boisen, Monte B. Jr.
- Nunnally, Charles E.
- VanLandingham, Hugh F.
Rights
dc:rights- Statement dc:rights
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- In Copyright
- Licence dc:rights.uri
- Language dc:language.iso
- en
Identifiers
dc:identifier.*- Dc Identifier Other
- etd-10122005-134433
- OAI identifier oai:identifier
- oai:vtechworks.lib.vt.edu:10919/29254