Hard Real-Time Computing Systems

This updated edition offers an indispensable exposition on real-time computing, with particular emphasis on predictable scheduling algorithms. It introduces the fundamental concepts of real-time computing, demonstrates the most significant results in the field, and provides the essential methodologies for designing predictable computing systems used to support time-critical control applications.
Along with an in-depth guide to the available approaches for the implementation and analysis of real-time applications, this revised edition contains a close examination of recent developments in real-time systems, including limited preemptive scheduling, resource reservation techniques, overload handling algorithms, and adaptive scheduling techniques.
This volume serves as a fundamental advanced-level textbook. Each chapter provides basic concepts, which are followed by algorithms, illustrated with concrete examples, figures and tables. Exercises and solutions are provided to enhance self-study, making this an excellent reference for those interested in real-time computing for designing and/or developing predictable control applications.

A General View. - Basic Concepts. - A Periodic Task Scheduling. - Periodic Task Scheduling. - Fixed-Priority Servers. - Dynamic Priority Servers. - Resource Access Protocols. - Limited Preemptive Scheduling. - Handling Overload Conditions. - Kernel Design Issues. - Application Design Issues. - Real-Time Operating Systems and Standards. - Solutions to the Exercises. - References. - Index.