Advances in Dependability Engineering of Complex Systems : Springer : 9783319594149 : 3319594141 : 31 May 2017 : This book gathers the proceedings of the 2017 DepCoS-RELCOMEX, an annual conference series that has been organized by the Department of Computer Engineering at the Faculty of Electronics, Wroclaw University of Science and Technology, since 2006. Its mission is to continue the heritage of the other two cycles of events ? the RELCOMEX conferences (1977?89) and Microcomputer Schools (1985?95) ? so this year we can celebrate the 40th anniversary of its origins. In contrast to those preceding series, which were focused on conventional reliability analysis, the goal of DepCoS is to promote a more comprehensive approach to system performability, which is now commonly called dependability. This innovative research area provides answers to the latest challenges in reliability evaluation for contemporary complex systems. Its novelty is based on a multi-disciplinary approach to system