Design issues in real-time
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The meaning of 'real-time system' is defined, and two types are identified: soft real-time systems, for which performance is degraded but not destroyed by failure to meet response time constraints, and hard real-time systems, for which failure to meet response time constraints leads to system failure. The concepts of events and determinism are examined.<
Published in:
Potentials, IEEE
(Volume:12
,
Issue:
1
)
Date of Publication: Feb. 1993