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[Characteristic] Immune System [Nature] Most biological systems are able to recover from a large number of fault conditions. These cases range from re-growing organs, recovering from a cut in the skin to fighting with invading virus and bacteria. Due to these "fault handling" techniques the human body is able to recover from most fault conditions. We need to see a doctor only if the natural defenses fail.
As man made systems increase in complexity, the systems will need to be capable of recovering from all kinds of software and hardware failure conditions. This will become essential as cost of maintaining complex systems would be prohibitive if the operator is expected to fix every little problem in the system.
Anatomy of a Complex Realtime System
Implications for Complex Realtime Systems