Immunotronics: Hardware fault tolerance inspired by the immune system

D W Bradley; A M Tyrrell

Immunotronics: Hardware fault tolerance inspired by the immune system

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Abstract

An novel approach to hardware fault tolerance is proposed that takes inspiration from the human immune system as a method of fault detection and removal. The immune system has inspired work within the areas of virus protection and pattern recognition yet its application to hardware fault tolerance is untouched. This paper introduces many of the ingenious methods provided by the immune system to provide reliable operation and suggests how such concepts can inspire novel methods of providing fault tolerance in the design of state machine hardware systems. Through a process of self/non-self recognition the proposed hardware immune system will learn to differentiate between acceptable and abnormal states and transitions within the 'immunised' system. Potential faults can then be flagged and suitable recovery methods invoked to return the system to a safe state.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	EVOLVABLE SYSTEMS: FROM BIOLOGY TO HARDWARE, PROCEEDINGS
Editors	J Miller, A Thompson, P Thomson, TC Fogarty
Place of Publication	BERLIN
Publisher	Springer
Pages	11-20
Number of pages	10
ISBN (Print)	3-540-67338-5
Publication status	Published - 2000
Event	3rd International Conference on Evolvable Systems (ICES 2000) - EDINBURGH Duration: 17 Apr 2000 → 19 Apr 2000

Conference

Conference	3rd International Conference on Evolvable Systems (ICES 2000)
City	EDINBURGH
Period	17/04/00 → 19/04/00

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