Computer Science

• The most authoritative and comprehensive real-time systems book available.

• Multiple examples—Illustrates each algorithm or protocol.

  • Enable students to learn the material at the detailed level, so that instructorshave more time to discuss “the big picture” concepts in class. Ex.___

• Emphasis on algorithms and methods for validation.

  • Explains to students the procedures and tools of schedulability analysis, as well as their limitations. Ex.___

• More than 100 illustrations.

  • Provide students with insightful examples to enhance their understanding of the verbal presentation. Ex.___

• Software available for hands-on projects.

• Exercises on additional results—e.g., algorithms and protocols.

  • Present students with more challenging problems to expand their knowledge of chapter coverage. Ex.___

• Review exercises.

  • Offer students relatively simple problems to test and increase their understanding of chapter material. Ex.___

 1. Typical Real-Time Applications.


 2. Hard Versus Soft Real-Time Systems.


 3. A Reference Model of Real-Time Systems.


 4. Commonly Used Approaches to Hard Real-Time Scheduling.


 5. Clock-Driven Scheduling.


 6. Priority-Driven Scheduling of Periodic Tasks.


 7. Scheduling Aperiodic and Sporadic Jobs in Priority-Driven Systems.


 8. Resources and Resource Access Control.


 9. Multiprocessor Scheduling and Resource Access Control.


10. Scheduling Flexible Computations and Tasks with Temporal Distance Constraints.


11. Real-Time Communications.


12. Operating Systems.


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Real Time Systems  (Computer Science)
Real Time Systems  (Electrical and Computing Engineering)
Operating Systems--Advanced  [REAL-TIME SYSTEMS]   (Computer Science)

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.

Written by a renowned expert, Real-Time Systems provides professionals and students with a comprehensive treatment of real-time computing and communication systems. The book covers the most recent advances in real-time operating systems and communications networks. Thus, this book serves as a vehicle for technology transition within the real-time systems community of systems architects, designers, chief scientists and technologists, and systems analysts. Jane Liu's subject matter and adept treatment provide an engaging learning environment for students as well. With real-time systems, the technologies at play include telecommunication, signal processing, command and control, and digital control. Their applications have particular relevance to day-to-day operations, such as engine and break mechanisms in cars, traffic light operations, flight control and air-traffic control, and heart beat and blood pressure monitoring.

Real-Time Systems is both a valuable reference for professionals and an advanced text for Computer Science and Computer Engineering students.

• Real world real-time applications based on research and practice
• State-of-the-art algorithms and methods for validation
• Methods for end-to-end scheduling and resource management
• More than 100 illustrations to enhance understanding
• Comprehensive treatment of the technology known as RMA (rate-monotonic analysis) methods
• A supplemental Companion Website www.prenhall.com/liu

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