A common method for dealing with overload conditions in periodic task systems is to reduce the load by enlarging activation periods. When a periodic task implements a digital cont...
Giorgio C. Buttazzo, Manel Velasco, Pau Mart&iacut...
We have designed, implemented, and deployed a camera control system and a conference controller that provide remote control capabilities for videoconferencing over the Internet. T...
The evolution of deep submicron technologies allows the development of increasingly complex Systems on a Chip (SoC). However, this evolution is rendering less viable some well-est...
Julian J. H. Pontes, Matheus T. Moreira, Rafael So...
Process control systems (PCSs) are instrumental to the safe, reliable and efficient operation of many critical infrastructure components. However, PCSs increasingly employ commodit...
Robert K. Cunningham, Steven Cheung, Martin W. Fon...
This paper proposes to use SDL block diagrams, UML class diagrams, and UML behavior diagrams like collaboration diagrams, activity diagrams, and statecharts as a visual programmin...