Real-Time Systems

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Prentice Hall, 2000 - Computers - 610 pages

For senior/graduate-level courses in Real-Time Systems in Computer Science and Computer Engineering departments.

Written by a renowned authority, this advanced text comprehensively covers the tremendous recent advances in real-time operating systems and communications networks emphasizing research results that have been adopted in state-of-the-art systems. Describing how and discussing why, this book uses insightful illustrative examples to convey technology transition in the last ten years.

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HARD VERSUS SOFT REALTIME SYSTEMS
26
A REFERENCE MODEL OF REALTIME SYSTEMS
34
COMMONLY USED APPROACHES TO REALTIME SCHEDULING
60
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"JANE W. S. LIU" received her M.S. and Sc.D. in Electrical Engineering from Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Before joining the University of Illinois, where she currently teaches, Jane worked with industry. She serves on numerous program committees and on symposia and workshops on real-time systems. She is currently a member of ACM and a Fellow of IEEE. Dr. Liu's current research is concerned with the means to provide an open environment to real-time applications.

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