Fault-tolerant real-time systems - the problem of replica determinism

From the Publisher: The field of automotive electronics is an important application area of fault-tolerant real-time systems. Systems like anti-lock braking, engine control, active suspension or vehicle dynamics control have demanding real-time and fault-tolerance requirements. These requirements have to be met even in the presence of very limited resources since cost is extremely important. Because of its interesting properties Fault-Tolerant Real-Time Systems gives an introduction to the application area of automotive electronics. The requirements of automotive electronics are a topic in the remainder of this work for discussion and are used as a benchmark to evaluate solutions to the problem of replica determinism.