Real-time Systems' Quality of Service

Book excerpt: "Real-time Systems’ Quality of Service" examines the attainability of efficiency, economy, and ease of use, which make up the quality of service of technologically advanced products. "Real-time Systems’ Quality of Service" reviews the state of the art in quality of service evaluation for real-time systems. It gives a classification of the relevant parameters for quality of service evaluation and also determines the critical points in the design and development process of real-time systems – where performance criteria should be applied or checked. Then, software development and certification standards are assessed, and finally the authors elaborate on how the suggested criteria should be applied to the design, development, and certification process of real-time systems. "Real-time Systems’ Quality of Service" will guide researchers and postgraduates in embedded and real-time systems through the process of introducing quality of service parameters into real-time systems.