Real-time systems and their programming languages / Alan Burns, Andy Wellings.
By: Burns, Alan
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Contributor(s): Wellings, Andrew J.
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BookSeries: International computer science series.Publisher: Wokingham, England ; Reading, Mass. : Addison-Wesley Pub. Co, c1990Description: xv, 575 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.ISBN: 0201175290 .Subject(s): Real-time data processing | Real-time programming | Programming languages (Electronic computers)DDC classification: 005.13 | Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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| General Lending | MTU Bishopstown Library Lending | 005.13 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 00029477 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
A survey of real-time systems and the programming languages used in their development. Shows how modern real-time programming techniques are used in a wide variety of applications, including robotics, factory automation, and control. A critical requirement for such systems is that the software must
Bibliography: (pages 553-562) and index.
Introduction to real-time systems -- Designing real-time systems -- Programming in the Small -- Programming in the large -- Reliability and Fault Tolerance -- Exceptions and Exception Handling -- Concurrent Programming -- Shared memory-based synchronization and communication -- Message-based synchronization and communication -- Atomic Actions, Concurrent Processes and Reliability -- Resource Control -- Real-time Facilities -- Distributed Systems -- Low-level Programming -- Efficiency of Implementation -- A Case Study in Ada -- Conclusions.