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* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DependabilityWikipedia : dependability]
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dependability Wikipedia : dependability]
* [http://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/19880069061_1988069061.pdf Software Fault Tolerance: A Tutorial]
* [http://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/19880069061_1988069061.pdf Software Fault Tolerance: A Tutorial]
* [http://www.cs.ucl.ac.uk/staff/A.Finkelstein/fose/finallittlewood.pdf Software Reliability and Dependability: a Roadmap]
* [http://www.cs.ucl.ac.uk/staff/A.Finkelstein/fose/finallittlewood.pdf Software Reliability and Dependability: a Roadmap]

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Description

With the increasing use of mobile devices, it is very likely that the dependability of the user on the mobile device increases. Dependability has the following attributes (from [1]):

  • Availability - readiness for correct service
  • Reliability - continuity of correct service
  • Safety - absence of catastrophic consequences on the user(s) and the environment
  • Integrity - absence of improper system alteration
  • Maintainability - ability to undergo modifications and repairs

The dependability is however at risk with the increasing complexity of the mobile device and reliance on the communication capabilities.

Enablers

  • Improvement software development technologies: formal proving
  • Development system design technologies
  • Standarisation and open source software reduces the chance of introducing faults

Inhibitors

  • Increasing functionality in software and hardware
  • Execution of 3rd party developed software (e.g. through the Internet)
  • Increasing number of viruses and worms
  • network coverage

Paradigms

The value attributed to the mobile device also depends on its trustworthiness. New functionality on a mobile device will only be 'used' if the platform provides the trustworthiness that the user associates with the functionality. For example using the mobile phone as a wallet might require a high trustworthiness in order to replace one of the currently existing money holders. Otherwise the mobile wallet will just be an additional option, resulting in lower acceptance.

Experts

Timing

  • 1960s emergence of fault tolerance and system reliability studies (as a result of the space race?)
  • 1980s the term reliability becomes overloaded; term dependability introduced by Jean-Claude Laprie

Web Resources



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