by Giorgio Buttazzo

isbn: 0792399943
subject: Nonfiction, Computing, Real-Time and Embedded Systems
finished: 11/7/1999

Hard Real-Time Computing Systems is not a how-to manual -- it's a concise, well-organized summary of important research results in the area of real-time CPU scheduling. Many practical topics are not covered; for example, tools and languages for building real-time systems, calculation or estimation of worst-case execution time, and the priority and semaphore style of programming in which most real-time systems are implemented. Still, Buttazzo's book the best general resource about scheduling theory that I know of; it makes good background reading and would be a fine choice of textbook for a graduate or advanced undergraduate course.