Real time computing
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Real time computing
（NATO ASI series, ser. F . Computer and systems sciences ; v. 127）
Springer-Verlag, 1994
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Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Study Institute on Real Time Computing, held in Sint Maarten, Dutch Antilles, Oct. 5-17, 1992
"Published in cooperation with NATO Scientific Affairs Division."
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NATO's Division of Scientific and Environmental Affairs sponsored this Advan- ced Study Institute because it was felt to be timely to cover this important and challengjng subject for the first time in the framework of NATO's ASI programme. The significance of real-time systems in everyones' life is rapidly growing. The vast spectrum of these systems can be characterised by just a few examples of increasing complexity: controllers in washing machines, air traffic control systems, control and safety systems of nuclear power plants and, finally, future military systems like the Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI). The import- ance of such systems for the well-being of people requires considerable efforts in research and development of highly reliable real-time systems. Furthermore, the competitiveness and prosperity of entire nations now depend on the early app- lication and efficient utilisation of computer integrated manufacturing systems (CIM), of which real-time systems are an essential and decisive part. Owing to its key significance in computerised defence systems, real-time computing has also a special importance for the Alliance.
The early research and development activities in this field in the 1960s and 1970s aimed towards improving the then unsatisfactory software situation. Thus, the first high-level real-time languages were defined and developed: RTL/2, Coral 66, Procol, LTR, and PEARL. In close connection with these language develop- ments and with the utilisation of special purpose process control peripherals, the research on real-time operating systems advanced considerably.
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