Open systems dependability [electronic resource] : dependability engineering for ever-changing systems / edited by Mario Tokoro.

"A Science Publishers book."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Introduction -- 2. Open systems dependability -- 3. Achieving open systems dependability -- 4. Consensus building and accountability achievement in DEOS process -- 5. Tools for consensus building and accountability achievement support -- 6. Runtime environment for DEOS process and architecture -- 7. Flexible failure management with scripting -- 8. Tools for DEOS programming development -- 9. Toward an open systems dependability evaluation framework -- 10. Toward standardization of open systems dependability -- 11. Concluding remarks.

Also available in print edition.

Mode of access: World Wide Web.