Real-Time Systems Engineering and Applications

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Schiebe, Michael (Editor), Pferrer, Saskia (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Boston, MA : Springer US, 1992.
• Series: The Springer International Series in Engineering and Computer Science, Real-Time Systems, 167
• Subjects: Computer science.; Special purpose computers.; Software engineering.; Operating systems (Computers).; Data structures (Computer science).; Electrical engineering.; Computer Science.; Special Purpose and Application-Based Systems.; Data Structures, Cryptology and Information Theory.; Software Engineering/Programming and Operating Systems.; Operating Systems.; Electrical Engineering.; Computer Science, general.

Real-Time Systems Engineering and Applications is a well-structured collection of chapters pertaining to present and future developments in real-time systems engineering. After an overview of real-time processing, theoretical foundations are presented. The book then introduces useful modeling concep...

Table of Contents:

• The Origins of Real-Time Processing
• The Concept of Time in the Specification of Real-Time Systems
• Language-Independent Schedulability Analysis of Real-Time Programs
• Which Theory Matches Automation Engineering?
• Requirements Engineering for Real-Time and Embedded Systems
• Real-Time Programming Languages
• Comparison of Synchronization Concepts
• Real-Time Database Systems
• Microprocessor Architectures: A Basis for Real-Time Systems
• Buses in Real-Time Environments
• Distributed Systems for Real Time Applications
• Robot Programming
• Real-Time Data Processing of the Sensory Data of a Multi- Fingered Dextrous Robot Hand
• Fly-By-Wire Systems for Military High Performance Aircraft
• Artificial Intelligence Techniques in Real-Time Processing
• Recommendations for a Real-Time Systems Curriculum.