Real-time computing cornerstones: a system engineer's view

Abstract

Common attributes are found in both military and commercial real-time systems. The existence of these common threads suggests that there may be key quantitative system design considerations that undergird large scale, real-time system design. Identifying and quantifying these key aspects early in a program is important in insuring the success of a design. This paper suggests a candidate list of such computing properties, or cornerstones, by which every real-time system is defined and constrained.<>