Faultminimized
Faultminimized is a term used to describe systems and design practices that aim to reduce the probability of faults occurring and to minimize their impact when they do occur. It denotes an approach to reliability and resilience that combines preventive design, real-time monitoring, and rapid recovery to sustain essential functionality under fault conditions. While not a formal standard, the concept is discussed in reliability engineering, safety-critical system design, and software engineering as a broad framework for building robust systems.
Core principles of faultminimized design include redundancy to tolerate component failure, fail-safe and graceful degradation to
Common techniques span hardware and software domains. Hardware examples include ECC memory, RAID arrays, watchdog timers,
Applications are most critical in aerospace, automotive safety systems, medical devices, industrial control, nuclear facilities, and
Related concepts include resilience engineering, dependable systems, fault tolerance, and graceful degradation.