Real-Time Systems

PREFACE.
 
LIST OF FIGURES.
 
1 INTRODUCTION.
 
1.1 What Is Time?
 
1.2 Simulation.
 
1.3 Testing.
 
1.4 Verification.
 
1.5 Run-Time Monitoring.
 
1.6 Useful Resources.
 
2 ANALYSIS AND VERIFICATION OF NON-REAL-TIME SYSTEMS.
 
2.1 Symbolic Logic.
 
2.2 Automata and Languages.
 
2.3 Historical Perspective and Related Work.
 
2.4 Summary.
 
Exercises.
 
3 REAL-TIME SCHEDULING AND SCHEDULABILITY ANALYSIS.
 
3.1 Determining Computation Time.
 
3.2 Uniprocessor Scheduling.
 
3.3 Multiprocessor Scheduling.
 
3.4 Available Scheduling Tools.
 
3.5 Available Real-Time Operating Systems.
 
3.6 Historical Perspective and Related Work.
 
3.7 Summary.
 
Exercises.
 
4 MODEL CHECKING OF FINITE-STATE SYSTEMS.
 
4.1 System Specification.
 
4.2 Clarke-Emerson-Sistla Model Checker.
 
4.3 Extensions to CTL.
 
4.4 Applications.
 
4.5 Complete CTL Model Checker in C.
 
4.6 Symbolic Model Checking.
 
4.7 Real-Time CTL.
 
4.8 Available Tools.
 
4.9 Historical Perspective and Related Work.
 
4.10 Summary.
 
Exercises.
 
5 VISUAL FORMALISM, STATECHARTS, AND STATEMATE.
 
5.1 Statecharts.
 
5.2 Activity-Charts.
 
5.3 Module-Charts.
 
5.4 STATEMATE.
 
5.5 Available Tools.
 
5.6 Historical Perspective and Related Work.
 
5.7 Summary.
 
Exercises.
 
6 REAL-TIME LOGIC, GRAPH-THEORETIC ANALYSIS, AND MODECHART.
 
6.1 Specification and Safety Assertions.
 
6.2 Event-Action Model.
 
6.3 Real-Time Logic.
 
6.4 Restricted RTL Formulas.
 
6.5 Checking for Unsatisfiability.
 
6.6 Efficient Unsatisfiability Check.
 
6.7 Industrial Example: NASA X-38 Crew Return Vehicle.
 
6.8 Modechart Specification Language.
 
6.9 Verifying Timing

ALBERT M. K. CHENG, PhD, received his doctorate in computer science from the University of Texas at Austin, where he held a GTE Foundation Doctoral Fellowship. He is currently an associate professor in the department of computer science at the University of Houston, where he is the founding director of the Real-Time Systems Laboratory. He is the author and coauthor of over sixty refereed publications, and has received numerous awards, including the NSF Career award. He has served as a technical consultant for several organizations, including IBM, and has served on the program committees of many conferences.

"The author provides a substantial, up-to-date overview of the verification and validation process..." ( Computer Magazine , November 2004)
"The unifying discussion on the formal analysis and verification methods are especially valuable and enlightening, both for graduate students and researchers." ( International Journal of General Systems , December 2003)