FC-ORB: A robust distributed real-time embedded middleware with end-to-end utilization control

Journal of Systems and Software

Volumn 80, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 938-950

  Wang, Xiaorui ^a   Chen, Yingming ^b   Lu, Chenyang ^b   Koutsoukos, Xenofon ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Distributed systems; Embedded systems; Feedback control; Middleware; Real time systems

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER OPERATING SYSTEMS; DISTRIBUTED COMPUTER SYSTEMS; EMBEDDED SYSTEMS; FEEDBACK CONTROL; PROGRAM PROCESSORS; REAL TIME SYSTEMS;

APPLICATION WORKLOAD; END TO END UTILIZATION; OBJECT REQUEST BROKER (ORB);

MIDDLEWARE;

EID: 34248566909     PISSN: 01641212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jss.2006.09.031     Document Type: Article

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