Hard Real-Time Computing Systems: Predictable Scheduling Algorithms and Applications

This book is a basic treatise on real-time computing, with particular emphasis on predictable scheduling algorithms. The main objectives of the book are to introduce the basic concepts of real-time computing, illustrate the most significant results in the field, and provide the basic methodologies for designing predictable computing systems useful in supporting critical control applications.

Hard Real-Time Computing Systems is written for instructional use and is organized to enable reade...