@article{Stankovic:1988:MRC:50810.50811, abstract = {The author defines real-time computing and states and dispels the most common misconceptions about it. He discusses the fundamental technical issues of real-time computing. He examines specification and verification, scheduling theory, operating systems, programming languages and design methodology, distributed databases, artificial intelligence, fault tolerance, architectures, and communication.}, acmid = {50811}, address = {Los Alamitos, CA, USA}, author = {Stankovic, John A.}, doi = {10.1109/2.7053}, interhash = {baf5af4c9407f83f4076d071190b686d}, intrahash = {59ace6dde76eabc73fbee8800c1c9aca}, issn = {0018-9162}, issue_date = {October 1988}, journal = {Computer}, month = oct, number = 10, numpages = {10}, pages = {10--19}, publisher = {IEEE Computer Society Press}, title = {Misconceptions About Real-Time Computing: A Serious Problem for Next-Generation Systems}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/2.7053}, volume = 21, year = 1988 }