The methodology to estimate residual parametric common cause failure (CCF) probabilities consists of the selection of the data source, source plants, source systems and component type, failure mode, assessment of the impact vectors, determination of equivalent observations, calculation of CCF rates of different multiplicities with uncertainties using an empirical Bayes estimation method and fin...

Computational clusters, the grids that federate them, and the applications that utilize their significant computing potential, all continue to grow with advances in hardware technology, cluster management, and grid middleware solutions. As they do, the likelihood that large-scale long-running grid and cluster applications will have to deal with underlying node unavailability and cluster failure...