XTune: A formal methodology for cross-layer tuning of mobile embedded systems

Transactions on Embedded Computing Systems

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Kim, Minyoung ^a   Stehr, Mark Oliver ^a   Talcott, Carolyn ^a   Dutt, Nikil ^b   Venkatasubramanian, Nalini ^b  

^a SRI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^b Ringgold Standard Institution Informatics   (United States)

Author keywords

Cross layer optimization; Formal methods; Iterative tuning

Indexed keywords

CROSS LAYER OPTIMIZATION; CROSS-LAYER; DISTRIBUTED REAL TIME SYSTEM; DYNAMIC ADAPTATIONS; DYNAMIC BEHAVIORS; EXECUTABLE FORMAL SPECIFICATION; FEED-BACK LOOP; FORMAL ANALYSIS; FORMAL SPECIFICATION; FORMAL VERIFICATIONS; MOBILE MULTIMEDIA; MOBILE SYSTEMS; MODEL REFINEMENT; MULTIPLE LAYERS; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT POLICY; RUNTIMES; STATISTICAL PROPERTIES; TRADE-OFF ANALYSIS;

EMBEDDED SYSTEMS; FORMAL METHODS; MIDDLEWARE; MULTIMEDIA SYSTEMS; OPTIMIZATION; REAL TIME SYSTEMS;

ITERATIVE METHODS;

EID: 84872435738     PISSN: 15399087     EISSN: 15583465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1145/2362336.2362340     Document Type: Article

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