A technique for specifying dynamically reconfigurable embedded systems

IEEE Aerospace Conference Proceedings

Volumn 2005, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Rawashdeh, Osamah A ^a   Lumpp Jr , James E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE; COMPUTER PROGRAMMING; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; DISTRIBUTED COMPUTER SYSTEMS; FAULT TOLERANT COMPUTER SYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

SOFTWARE MODELING; SYSTEM FAILURES; SYSTEM MANAGER;

EMBEDDED SYSTEMS;

EID: 33751522637     PISSN: 1095323X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/AERO.2005.1559558     Document Type: Conference Paper

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