Parallel and Distributed Real-Time Systems

Contents: Parallel and distributed real-time systems: An Introduction; Real-time computing with off-the-shelf components: The case for CORBA; A real-time parallel scheduler for the imprecise computation model; Distributed computations in real-time based on a rough grammar principle; A hierarchical fault-tolerant ring protocol for distributed real-time systems; Real-time multicast in wireless communication; Real-time network applications programming; Software development and verification of dynamic real-time distributed systems based on the radio broadcast paradigm; On the distribution of control functions in the new-generation on-board embedded real-time systems; Architecture of a distributed real-time system to control large high-energy physics experiments.Jan Van Katwijk is the author of 'Parallel and Distributed Real-Time Systems', published 2002 under ISBN 9781590331156 and ISBN 159033115X.