1996 Swinburne Higher Education Handbook

and reliable systems.
Content
State identification and fault detection;
architecture of fault-tolerant systems;
multivalued logic circuits;
optimisation of programmable arrays;
memory, definiteness and information losslessness of
finite automata;
linear sequential machines;
finite state recognisers.
Recommended reading
LEEE Computer Magazine
LEEE Design and Test of Computer Magazine
IEEE Transaction on Computers
Johnson, B.W., Design and Analysis of Fault Tolerant Digital
Systems. Reading Mass; Addison-Wesley 1989
Nelson, V.P and Carroll, B.D., Fault Tolerant Computing. CS
Press 1986
Siewiorek, D.P and Swarz, R.S., Reliable Computer System: Design
and Evaluation. Bedford, MA,:Digital Press, 1992
EE785 VLSl Engineering
12.5 credit points 4 hours per week average Hawthorn
Prerequisites: must have completed July-Nov. requirements
. . Corequisites: nil Assessment: mm, assignment and
laboratory
A subject in the Master of Engineering by coursework
(Computer Systems Engineering)
Obiectives
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