The Valid Use of Utility in Adaptive Real-Time Systems

Real-Time Systems

Volumn 25, Issue 2-3, 2003, Pages 277-296

  Prasad, D ^a   Burns, A ^b   Atkins, M ^a  

^a Mission Critical Applic Limited   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adaptive systems; Flexible scheduling; Measurement; Scales; Utility; Value

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE SYSTEMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; INSTRUMENT SCALES; SCHEDULING;

FLEXIBLE SCHEDULING;

REAL TIME SYSTEMS;

EID: 0141718925     PISSN: 09226443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1025184411567     Document Type: Article

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