The book can be used as an undergraduate and graduate level textbook for courses involving real time systems the initial chapters are a good introduction to real time systems for beginners professionals and researchers working with real time systems will find the scheduling algorithms useful maulik a dave acm computing reviews july . Number of scheduling anomalies are illustrated to show that real time computing is not equivalent to fast computing the rest of the book is dedicated to specific scheduling algorithms which are pre sented as a function of the task characteristics chapter 3 introduces a number of real time scheduling algorithms for handling aperi. This book is a basic treatise on real time computing with particular emphasis on predictable scheduling algorithms the main objectives of the book are to introduce the basic concepts of real time computing illustrate the most sig nificant results in the field and provide the basic methodologies for designing predictable computing systems . Real time computing plays a crucial role in our society since an increasing num ber of complex systems rely in part or completely on processor control ex amples of applications that require real time computing include nuclear power plants railway switching systems automotive electronics air. Hard real time computing systems predictable scheduling algorithms and applications 2011 abstract this updated edition offers an indispensable exposition on real time computing with particular emphasis on predictable scheduling algorithms it introduces the fundamental concepts of real time computing demonstrates the most significant