Albert M. K. Cheng

Real-Time Systems (eBook, PDF)

Scheduling, Analysis, and Verification

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Produktbeschreibung

The first book to provide a comprehensive overview of the subject rather than a collection of papers. * The author is a recognized authority in the field as well as an outstanding teacher lauded for his ability to convey these concepts clearly to many different audiences. * A handy reference for practitioners in the field.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
• Seitenzahl: 552
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. März 2003
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780471460848
• Artikelnr.: 37301989

Autorenporträt

ALBERT M. K. CHENG, PhD, received his doctorate in computer science from the University of Texas at Austin, where he held a GTE Foundation Doctoral Fellowship. He is currently an associate professor in the department of computer science at the University of Houston, where he is the founding director of the Real-Time Systems Laboratory. He is the author and coauthor of over sixty refereed publications, and has received numerous awards, including the NSF Career award. He has served as a technical consultant for several organizations, including IBM, and has served on the program committees of many conferences.

Inhaltsangabe

PREFACE. LIST OF FIGURES. 1 INTRODUCTION. 1.1 What Is Time? 1.2 Simulation.
1.3 Testing. 1.4 Verification. 1.5 Run-Time Monitoring. 1.6 Useful
Resources. 2 ANALYSIS AND VERIFICATION OF NON-REAL-TIME SYSTEMS. 2.1
Symbolic Logic. 2.2 Automata and Languages. 2.3 Historical Perspective and
Related Work. 2.4 Summary. Exercises. 3 REAL-TIME SCHEDULING AND
SCHEDULABILITY ANALYSIS. 3.1 Determining Computation Time. 3.2 Uniprocessor
Scheduling. 3.3 Multiprocessor Scheduling. 3.4 Available Scheduling Tools.
3.5 Available Real-Time Operating Systems. 3.6 Historical Perspective and
Related Work. 3.7 Summary. Exercises. 4 MODEL CHECKING OF FINITE-STATE
SYSTEMS. 4.1 System Specification. 4.2 Clarke-Emerson-Sistla Model Checker.
4.3 Extensions to CTL. 4.4 Applications. 4.5 Complete CTL Model Checker in
C. 4.6 Symbolic Model Checking. 4.7 Real-Time CTL. 4.8 Available Tools. 4.9
Historical Perspective and Related Work. 4.10 Summary. Exercises. 5 VISUAL
FORMALISM, STATECHARTS, AND STATEMATE. 5.1 Statecharts. 5.2
Activity-Charts. 5.3 Module-Charts. 5.4 STATEMATE. 5.5 Available Tools. 5.6
Historical Perspective and Related Work. 5.7 Summary. Exercises. 6
REAL-TIME LOGIC, GRAPH-THEORETIC ANALYSIS, AND MODECHART. 6.1 Specification
and Safety Assertions. 6.2 Event-Action Model. 6.3 Real-Time Logic. 6.4
Restricted RTL Formulas. 6.5 Checking for Unsatisfiability. 6.6 Efficient
Unsatisfiability Check. 6.7 Industrial Example: NASA X-38 Crew Return
Vehicle. 6.8 Modechart Specification Language. 6.9 Verifying Timing
Properties of Modechart Specifications. 6.10 Available Tools. 6.11
Historical Perspective and Related Work. 6.12 Summary. Exercises. 7
VERIFICATION USING TIMED AUTOMATA. 7.1 Lynch-Vaandrager Automata-Theoretic
Approach. 7.2 Alur-Dill Automata-Theoretic Approach. 7.3 Alur-Dill Region
Automaton and Verification. 7.4 Available Tools. 7.5 Historical Perspective
and Related Work. 7.6 Summary. Exercises. 8 TIMED PETRI NETS. 8.1 Untimed
Petri Nets. 8.2 Petri Nets with Time Extensions. 8.3 Time ER Nets. 8.4
Properties of High-Level Petri Nets. 8.5 Berthomieu-Diaz Analysis Algorithm
for TPNs. 8.6 Milano Group's Approach to HLTPN Analysis. 8.7 Practicality:
Available Tools. 8.8 Historical Perspective and Related Work. 8.9 Summary.
Exercises. 9 PROCESS ALGEBRA. 9.1 Untimed Process Algebras. 9.2 Milner's
Calculus of Communicating Systems. 9.3 Timed Process Algebras. 9.4 Algebra
of Communicating Shared Resources. 9.5 Analysis and Verification. 9.6
Relationships to Other Approaches. 9.7 Available Tools. 9.8 Historical
Perspective and Related Work. 9.9 Summary. Exercises. 10 DESIGN AND
ANALYSIS OF PROPOSITIONAL-LOGIC RULE-BASED SYSTEMS. 10.1 Real-Time Decision
Systems. 10.2 Real-Time Expert Systems. 10.3 Propositional-Logic Rule-Based
Programs: the EQL Language. 10.4 State-Space Representation. 10.5
Computer-Aided Design Tools. 10.6 The Analysis Problem. 10.7 Industrial
Example: Analysis of the Cryogenic Hydrogen Pressure Malfunction Procedure
of the Space Shuttle Vehicle Pressure Control System. 10.8 The Synthesis
Problem. 10.9 Specifying Termination Conditions in Estella. 10.10 Two
Industrial Examples. 10.11 The Estella-General Analysis Tool. 10.12
Quantitative Timing Analysis Algorithms. 10.13 Historical Perspective and
Related Work. 10.14 Summary. Exercises. 11 TIMING ANALYSIS OF
PREDICATE-LOGIC RULE-BASED SYSTEMS. 11.1 The OPS5 Language. 11.2 Cheng-Tsai
Timing Analysis Methodology. 11.3 Cheng-Chen Timing Analysis Methodology.
11.4 Historical Perspective and Related Work. 11.5 Summary. Exercises. 12
OPTIMIZATION OF RULE-BASED SYSTEMS. 12.1 Introduction. 12.2 Background.
12.3 Basic Definitions. 12.4 Optimization Algorithm. 12.5 Experimental
Evaluation. 12.6 Comments on Optimization Methods. 12.7 Historical
Perspective and Related Work. 12.8 Summary. Exercises. BIBLIOGRAPHY. INDEX.