Software Engineering for Real-Time Systems

By: Jim Cooling

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Paperback | 11 October 2002 | Edition Number 1

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This text provides a firm foundation in the knowledge, skills and techniques needed to develop and produce real-time, and in particular, embedded systems. It provides the arguments, examples, techniques and methodologies to demonstrate that the discipline of software engineering has much to offer the developer of real-time software. Written in an accessible style and complemented by numerous diagrams, it guides the reader through the steps of a total design approach: from initial definition of the task, through fundamentals of analysis, specification and design, to design methods and development tools, and finally documentation procedures. The comprehensive coverage and real-world perspective makes the book accessible and appealing to both beginners and experienced designers.

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Non-Fiction Computing & I.T.Operating Systems Real Time Operating Systems Computer Programming & Software Development Software Engineering Computer Science

Preface	p. xiii
Foundations	p. 1
Real-Time Systems--Setting the Scene	p. 3
Categorizing computer systems	p. 4
Real-time computer systems	p. 6
The computing elements of real-time systems	p. 17
Software for real-time applications--some general comments	p. 30
Review	p. 32
References and further reading	p. 33
The Search for Dependable Software	p. 34
What do we want in our software?	p. 35
Software errors	p. 37
The basics of good software	p. 49
A final comment	p. 57
Review	p. 58
References and further reading	p. 58
First Steps--Requirements Analysis and Specification	p. 60
The software life-cycle	p. 61
The importance of the requirements stage	p. 70
Making mistakes--sources and causes	p. 72
Practical approaches to analysis and specification	p. 77
Communication aspects--the role of prototyping	p. 101
Review	p. 112
Exercises	p. 113
References and further reading	p. 113
Software and Program Design Concepts	p. 115
Design fundamentals	p. 116
The elements of modular design	p. 127
Program control structures--the influence of structured programming	p. 143
Functional structuring of software designs	p. 150
Object-oriented design	p. 156
Data flow design	p. 181
Review	p. 190
Exercises	p. 191
References and further reading	p. 191
Operating Systems for Real-Time Applications	p. 193
Why use an operating system?	p. 194
Basic features of real-time operating systems	p. 196
Scheduling--concepts	p. 200
Scheduling--implementation	p. 207
Control of shared resources--mutual exclusion	p. 212
Inter-task communication	p. 249
Memory management	p. 257
Distributed systems	p. 265
Analysis and review of scheduling policies	p. 271
Review	p. 294
Exercises	p. 295
References and further reading	p. 297
Designing and Developing Real-Time Software	p. 299
Practical Aspects of Real-Time Operating Systems	p. 301
Operating systems--basic structures and features	p. 302
Inter-processor communication	p. 313
File handling	p. 320
Graphical user interfaces in embedded systems	p. 322
Performance and benchmarking of RTOSs	p. 329
Development support	p. 350
POSIX--Portable Operating System Interface	p. 356
Review	p. 359
References and further reading	p. 360
Diagramming--An Introduction	p. 361
Diagrams--why?	p. 362
The essentials of software diagrams	p. 372
Review	p. 379
Exercises	p. 379
References and further reading	p. 379
Practical Diagramming Methods	p. 380
Introduction	p. 381
Diagrams for structured and data flow designs	p. 382
UML diagrams for object-oriented designs	p. 397
Extensions, variations and project-specific diagrams	p. 420
Diagrams and the design process	p. 426
Review	p. 428
Exercises	p. 428
References and further reading	p. 429
Designing and Constructing Software--Code-Related Issues	p. 430
Fundamental design and construction methods	p. 431
Code development and packaging	p. 435
Important features of programming languages	p. 446
Choosing a high-level language for embedded systems	p. 486
Review	p. 494
References and further reading	p. 495
Software Analysis and Design--Methods and Methodologies	p. 496
The development process	p. 497
Requirements analysis using viewpoint techniques--CORE	p. 499
Yourdon Structured Method	p. 510
Object-oriented analysis and design	p. 518
Review	p. 536
References and further reading	p. 537
Implementation and Performance Issues	p. 539
Analysing and Testing Source Code	p. 541
Introduction	p. 542
Static analysis	p. 546
Source code metrics--code size, content and complexity	p. 551
Dynamic analysis--testing and coverage analysis	p. 559
Integration testing	p. 579
Metrics for OO designs	p. 588
Review	p. 595
References and further reading	p. 596
Development Tools	p. 597
The development process	p. 598
Software debugging--an overview	p. 604
Software debugging on the host	p. 609
Software debugging in the target--software-based techniques	p. 627
Software debugging in the target--hardware-based methods	p. 633
Software debugging in the target--combined hardware/software techniques	p. 640
Debugging in host-as-target combinations	p. 645
In-target analysis tools	p. 648
Installing code into the target--non-volatile software (firmware)	p. 658
Integrated development environments	p. 662
Review	p. 665
References and further reading	p. 667
Mission-Critical and Safety-Critical Systems	p. 668
Introduction	p. 669
System specification aspects	p. 675
Numerical issues	p. 683
Application software aspects	p. 700
Real-world interfacing	p. 704
Operating systems aspects	p. 711
Processor problems	p. 718
Hardware-based fault tolerance	p. 722
Review	p. 733
References and further reading	p. 734
Performance Engineering	p. 736
Why performance engineering is important	p. 737
Performance engineering--requirements, targets and achievables	p. 744
Top-down (requirements-driven) performance modelling	p. 746
Bottom-up (results-driven) performance modelling	p. 753
Middle-out (risk-driven) performance modelling	p. 754
Some practical issues in performance engineering	p. 758
Review	p. 761
References and further reading	p. 761
Documentation	p. 762
Documentation--what and why?	p. 763
Software life-cycle documentation--overview	p. 769
System functional specifications	p. 771
Software system specifications	p. 775
Source code aspects	p. 778
Configuration management and version control	p. 784
Review	p. 786
Applicable standards	p. 786
References and further reading	p. 787
Glossary	p. 788
Index	p. 791
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