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The application of software diversity to achieve fault tolerance has now been generally acknowledged as an efficient method to increase software reliability in case of ultrahigh requirements. Experimental evidence has shown it to partly complement (but in general not replace) the more conventional constructive strategies for fault avoidance and the analytical techniques for fault detection. Nonetheless, due to the lack of real-world data and the consequent fundamental ignorance about the parameters influencing the failure process during operation, we are still confronted with several unsolved questions regarding the details of its application.
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Saglietti, F. (1991). A Classification of Software Diversity Degrees Induced by an Analysis of Fault Types to be Tolerated. In: Cin, M.D., Hohl, W. (eds) Fault-Tolerant Computing Systems. Informatik-Fachberichte, vol 283. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-76930-6_32
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