Implementation results for a fault-tolerant multicellular architecture inspired by endocrine communication

A J Greensted; A M Tyrrell

Implementation results for a fault-tolerant multicellular architecture inspired by endocrine communication

Electronic Engineering

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Abstract

The hybrid redundancy structure found at the cellular level of higher animals provides complex organism with the three key features of a reliability-engineered system: fault tolerance, detection and recovery. For this reason, both the operation and organisation of this redundancy scheme provide an attractive source of inspiration for an electronic fault tolerant system.

The electronic architecture documented within this paper models the cooperative operation and consequent fault masking of the multiple cells that form biological organs. A communication system, inspired by endocrinology, is then used to network together these cells, coordinating their activity as organs, and controlling the operation of data processing tasks on a data stream.

The bioNode hardware platform is used to implement and test the presented endocrinology inspired architecture. Results of the system's operation are provided to demonstrate the architecture's ability to maintain correct computation on a data stream whilst being subjected to multiple and varied hardware faults.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2005 Nasa/DoD Conference on Evolvable Hardware (EH-2005), Proceedings
Editors	J Lohn, D Gwaltney, G Hornby, R Zebulum, D Keymeulen, A Stoica
Place of Publication	LOS ALAMITOS
Publisher	IEEE Computer Society
Pages	253-261
Number of pages	9
ISBN (Print)	0-7695-2399-4
Publication status	Published - 2005
Event	Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference - Washington Duration: 25 Jun 2005 → 29 Jun 2005

Conference

Conference	Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference
City	Washington
Period	25/06/05 → 29/06/05

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Greensted, AJ & Tyrrell, AM 2005, Implementation results for a fault-tolerant multicellular architecture inspired by endocrine communication. in J Lohn, D Gwaltney, G Hornby, R Zebulum, D Keymeulen & A Stoica (eds), 2005 Nasa/DoD Conference on Evolvable Hardware (EH-2005), Proceedings. IEEE Computer Society, LOS ALAMITOS, pp. 253-261, Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference, Washington, 25/06/05.

Implementation results for a fault-tolerant multicellular architecture inspired by endocrine communication. / Greensted, A J; Tyrrell, A M.
2005 Nasa/DoD Conference on Evolvable Hardware (EH-2005), Proceedings. ed. / J Lohn; D Gwaltney; G Hornby; R Zebulum; D Keymeulen; A Stoica. LOS ALAMITOS: IEEE Computer Society, 2005. p. 253-261.

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