An experimental framework for the analysis and validation of software clocks

Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)

Volumn 5860 LNCS, Issue , 2009, Pages 69-81

  Bondavalli, Andrea ^a   Brancati, Francesco ^a   Ceccarelli, Andrea ^a   Falai, Lorenzo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b Resiltech Srl   (Italy)

Author keywords

Assessment and measurements; Experimental framework and methodology; NTP; R SACLock; Software clocks

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT AND MEASUREMENTS; EVALUATION PROCESS; EXPERIMENTAL EVALUATION; EXPERIMENTAL FRAMEWORK AND METHODOLOGY; HIGH QUALITY; MEASURING SYSTEMS; NTP; REFERENCE TIME; SELF-ADAPTIVE; SELF-AWARE; SOFTWARE CLOCK; TIME INFORMATION; ADAPTIVE ESTIMATION; SYNCHRONIZATION UNCERTAINTIES;

CLOCKS; EMBEDDED SOFTWARE; EMBEDDED SYSTEMS; RATING;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE SELECTION AND EVALUATION; QUALITY CONTROL;

EID: 78650484069     PISSN: 03029743     EISSN: 16113349     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-10265-3_7     Document Type: Conference Paper

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