Session:

WORLDS - Regeneration and Learning in Developmental Systems

Title:

An Intrinsic Robust Transient Fault-Tolerant Developmental Model for Digital Systems

Authors:

Heng Liu
Julian F. Miller
Andy M. Tyrrell

Abstract:

A biologically inspired developmental model targeted at hardware implementation (off-shelf FPGA) is proposed which exhibits extremely robust transient fault-tolerant capability: in the software simulation of the experimental application. In a 6x6 cell French Flag, some individuals were discovered using evolution that have the ability to "recover" themselves from almost any kind of transient faults, even in the worst case of only one "live" cell remaining. All cells in this model have identical genotype (physical structures), and only differ in internal states.