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A Fault-Tolerant Scheme Based on Message Passing for Mission-Critical Computers (임무지향 컴퓨터를 위한 메시지패싱 고장감내 기법)

  • Kim, Taehyon;Bae, Jungil;Shin, Jinbeom;Cho, Kilseok
    • Journal of the Korea Institute of Military Science and Technology
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    • v.18 no.6
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    • pp.762-770
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    • 2015
  • Fault tolerance is a crucial design for a mission-critical computer such as engagement control computer that has to maintain its operation for long mission time. In recent years, software fault-tolerant design is becoming important in terms of cost-effectiveness and high-efficiency. In this paper, we propose MPCMCC which is a model-based software component to implement fault tolerance in mission-critical computers. MPCMCC is a fault tolerance design that synchronizes shared data between two computers by using the one-way message-passing scheme which is easy to use and more stable than the shared memory scheme. In addition, MPCMCC can be easily reused for future work by employing the model based development methodology. We verified the functions of the software component and analyzed its performance in the simulation environment by using two mission-critical computers. The results show that MPCMCC is a suitable software component for fault tolerance in mission-critical computers.

A Study on the Effective Command of Disaster Site: Lessons Learned from Sinking of the Sewol Ferry (효과적인 재난현장 지휘에 관한 연구: 세월호 사례의 교훈)

  • Kim, SungGeun;Hwang, K.T.
    • Journal of Digital Convergence
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    • v.12 no.11
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    • pp.1-12
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    • 2014
  • Today, scale of a disaster becomes huge, all the available resources should be mobilized to control the disaster situation, and situations of the disaster site is broadcasted by the various media on a real-time basis. Accordingly, The commander of the disaster site should manage the situation taking all the factors into consideration. Despite the importance of the factors affecting the command of disaster site, there are not much research on this topic. This study utilizes METT-TC(Mission, Enemy, Troops, Terrain and weather, Time available, and Civilian considerations) which is applied in a combat situation by the military area and proposes MORT-TEC(Mission, Object, Resources available, Terrain and weather, Time available, Exercise, and Civilian considerations) as factors affecting the effective command of disaster site. These factors are applied to the Sewol Ferry Incidents and policy implications which can help researchers and practitioners in the area are suggested.

A Study on the Elements(MORT-TAC) of Situation Assessment at Disaster Sites (재난현장 상황평가 고려요소(MORT-TAC)에 관한 연구)

  • Kim, Sung-Geun;Lee, Young-Jai
    • Journal of Digital Convergence
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    • v.15 no.1
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    • pp.117-127
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    • 2017
  • Even well trained personnel may fall victim to panic, and a wrong assessment of the situation can turn a small accident into a huge disaster. At the disaster site, the event is commonly broadcasted in real time and is unfiltered. Thus, the commander of the site must be able to accurately assess the scene while not missing out on key considerations. Despite the necessity of good situational assessment, there is barely any research on this topic. This study utilizes METT-TC(Mission, Enemy, Troops, Terrain and weather, Time available, and Civil considerations) which is used by militaries to assess combat situations, and proposes MORT-TAC(Mission, Object, Resources available, Terrain and weather, Time available, Ability, and Civil considerations) as factors to consider in effectively controlling the disaster site. The standard model is used for assessing disaster scenes by applying the Delphi analytical method on each sub-factor of MORT-TAC.

A Comparison of Guided Missile Simulations Between EADSIM and SADM in Composite Combat Mission Planning Simulation Environments

  • Kim, Jingyu
    • Journal of Korea Multimedia Society
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    • v.23 no.8
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    • pp.1066-1074
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    • 2020
  • High Level Architecture/Run-Time Infrastructure (HLA/RTI) is used to connect individual simulators on networks in order to interoperate heterogeneous simulators. In defense domain, Ship Air Defense Model (SADM) and Extended Air Defense Simulation (EADSIM) are two of most advanced simulation tools. To interoperate these SADM and EADSIM, this paper attempts to use HLA/RTI that helps to support a Composite Combat Mission Planning Simulation Environment (CCMPSE). The CCMPSE allows us to analyze a group of simulations for comprehensive and accurate experiments. For the first time, this paper analyzes guided missile simulations in EADSIM and SADM by comparing related simulation models in their parameters and considerations. It presents characteristics of these models in view of guided missile simulation perspectives. For the contributions of this paper, it provides insights to select guided missiles between SADM and EADSIM on the CCMPSE according to specific simulation purposes.

A Study on the Wartime Evaluation Model of Airfield by using Simulation (전시 비행장 항공작전능력 평가모형에 관한 연구)

  • 조관현;이상진
    • Journal of the military operations research society of Korea
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    • v.30 no.1
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    • pp.153-167
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    • 2004
  • This study focuses on building the wartime air operation model to evaluate the airfield capability. There are some uncertainties in the process of air operation such as mission flying time, turn around time, mission damage or kill rate, weather condition, and so on. Airplanes, on the way to the airbase after completing mission flight, may have been in queue on the holding point due to the unusable condition of airfield. And then, they may sometimes need to go other airbases due to the shortage of fuel. Under those uncertainties, this model is to evaluate the airfield capability in the wartime air operation using simulation.

A Decentralized Task Structure for Cooperative Transportation Missions (협업 수송 임무을 위한 분산 임무 구조)

  • Kim, Keum-Seong;Choi, Han-Lim
    • The Journal of Korea Robotics Society
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    • v.10 no.3
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    • pp.133-138
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    • 2015
  • This paper presents a modified task structure of coupled-constraints consensus based bundle algorithm especially to resolve the cooperative transportation problem. The cooperative transportation mission has various types of constraints. A modified framework to generate activities and subtasks to solve time and task constraints of the transportation mission by using coupled-constraints consensus based bundle algorithm is suggested. In this paper modifications on task structure, reward function and arrival time calculation are suggested to handle the constraints of cooperative transportation mission.

A Study on Implementation of a Mission Computer based on COTS (상용 기성품 기반 항공기 임무컴퓨터 구현에 관한 연구)

  • Yang, Sung-Wook;Yang, Jun-Mo;Lee, Sang-Chul
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Aviation and Aeronautics
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    • v.22 no.4
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    • pp.81-86
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    • 2014
  • In the development of an avionics system, there is a trend of using commercial-off-the-shelf(COTS) equipments in order to reduce the development cost and time. In this paper, we present an implementation of an aircraft mission computer using the objected oriented software and the COTS equipments. We execute the aircraft guidance software on the system, and measure the calculation time and the used memory. To compare the guidance capability of the software program, we implement the same software logic on DS1104 system. The guidance software program executed on two different systems resulted in the almost identical simulation.

Reliability Analysis of the 300 W GaInP/GaAs/Ge Solar Cell Array Using PCM

  • Shin, Goo-Hwan;Kwon, Se-Jin;Lee, Hu-Seung
    • Journal of Astronomy and Space Sciences
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    • v.36 no.2
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    • pp.69-74
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    • 2019
  • Spacecraft requires sufficient power in orbit to perform its mission. So as to comply with system requirements, the sufficient power should be made by a solar cell array by photovoltaic power conversion. A life time of space program depends on its mission considering parts reliability and parts grade. Based on the mission life time, power equipment might be designed to meet specifications. In outer space, solar cell array might generate the dc power by photovoltaic conversion effects and GaInP/GaAs/Ge solar cells are used in this study. Space programs that require more than five years should select parts for high reliability applications. Therefore, reliability analysis for high reliability applications should be performed to check its fulfilment of the requirements. This program should also require more five years for its mission and we performed its analysis using parts count method (PCM) for its reliability. Finally, we performed reliability analysis and obtained quantitative figures found out 99.9%. In this study, we presented the reliability analysis of the 300 W GaInP/GaAs/Ge solar cell array.

Practical and Verifiable C++ Dynamic Cast for Hard Real-Time Systems

  • Dechev, Damian;Mahapatra, Rabi;Stroustrup, Bjarne
    • Journal of Computing Science and Engineering
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    • v.2 no.4
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    • pp.375-393
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    • 2008
  • The dynamic cast operation allows flexibility in the design and use of data management facilities in object-oriented programs. Dynamic cast has an important role in the implementation of the Data Management Services (DMS) of the Mission Data System Project (MDS), the Jet Propulsion Laboratory's experimental work for providing a state-based and goal-oriented unified architecture for testing and development of mission software. DMS is responsible for the storage and transport of control and scientific data in a remote autonomous spacecraft. Like similar operators in other languages, the C++ dynamic cast operator does not provide the timing guarantees needed for hard real-time embedded systems. In a recent study, Gibbs and Stroustrup (G&S) devised a dynamic cast implementation strategy that guarantees fast constant-time performance. This paper presents the definition and application of a cosimulation framework to formally verify and evaluate the G&S fast dynamic casting scheme and its applicability in the Mission Data System DMS application. We describe the systematic process of model-based simulation and analysis that has led to performance improvement of the G&S algorithm's heuristics by about a factor of 2. In this work we introduce and apply a library for extracting semantic information from C++ source code that helps us deliver a practical and verifiable implementation of the fast dynamic casting algorithm.

Reliability Analysis of The Mission-Critical Engagement Control Computer Using Active Sparing Redundancy (ASR 기법을 적용한 임무지향 교전통제 컴퓨터의 신뢰도 분석)

  • Shin, Jin-Beom;Kim, Sang-Ha
    • The KIPS Transactions:PartA
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    • v.15A no.6
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    • pp.309-316
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    • 2008
  • The mission-critical engagement control computer for air defense has to maintain its operation without any fault for a long mission time. The mission performed by large-scale and complex embedded software is extremely critical in terms of dependability and safety of computer system, and it is very important that engagement control computer has high reliability. The engagement control computer was implemented using four processors. The distributed computer composed of four processors quarantees the dependability and safety, and ASR fault-tolerant technique applied to each processor guarantees the reliability. In this paper, the mechanism and performance of ASR fault-tolerant technique are analysed. And MTBF, reliability, availability, and cost-effectiveness for ASR, DMR and TMR techniques applied to the engagement control computer are analysed. The mission-critical engagement control computer using software-based ASR fault-tolerant technique provides high reliability and fast recovery time at a low cost. The mission reliability of the engagement control computer using ASR technique in 4 processors board is almost same the reliability of the computer using TMR technique in 6 processors board. ASR technique is most suitable to the mission-critical engagement control computer.