An Ontological Approach to Quantifying the Functional Flexibility of Embedded Systems

IEEE Systems Journal

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 111-120

  Stone, Alan ^a  

^a MITRE CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

design space exploration; Embedded systems; flexibility; ontology; system analysis; system science

Indexed keywords

EID: 85008024183     PISSN: 19328184     EISSN: 19379234     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSYST.2010.2073954     Document Type: Article

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