SOFTWARE DIVERSITY FOR INDUSTRIAL CONTROL SYSTEMS

摘要

There is provided software diversity for safety crucial software applications in industrial control systems. A method comprises automatically generating different versions of software code from a single computerized representation to be executed in a multi- core processor environment. All versions of the software code produce the same end-result. There is also provided a controller for software diversity during execution of a control application in a multi-core processor environment. The controller comprises a multi- core processor environment. The controller may be part of a control system. The method may be provided as a computer program.