A failure analysis of data distribution middleware in a mission-critical system for air traffic control
Domenico Cotroneo, Antonio Pecchia, Roberto Pietrantuono, Stefano Russo · 2009
Middleware plays a strategic role to reduce development cost and time to market. However, it raises significant dependability challenges when integrated in complex, missioncritical systems. Testing activities, carried out during the development of middleware platforms, may be not enough to assure a proper dependability level after their integration. Middleware failures and their impact on the system as a whole have to be carefully evaluated in critical scenarios.