TY - JOUR AU - Stankovic, John A. T1 - Misconceptions About Real-Time Computing: A Serious Problem for Next-Generation Systems JO - Computer PY - 1988/october VL - 21 IS - 10 SP - 10 EP - 19 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/2.7053 DO - 10.1109/2.7053 KW - real KW - seminar KW - time KW - toread L1 - SN - N1 - Misconceptions About Real-Time Computing N1 - AB - 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. ER -