Real-time and fault tolerance in distributed control software

Orlic, B. and Broenink, J.F. (2003) Real-time and fault tolerance in distributed control software. In: Communicating Process Architectures 2003, University of Twente, Enschede.

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Abstract:	Closed loop control systems typically contain multitude of spatially distributed sensors and actuators operated simultaneously. So those systems are parallel and distributed in their essence. But mapping this parallelism onto the given distributed hardware architecture, brings in some additional requirements: safe multithreading, optimal process allocation, real-time scheduling of bus and network resources. Nowadays, fault tolerance methods and fast even online reconfiguration are becoming increasingly important. All those often conflicting requirements, make design and implementation of real-time distributed control systems an extremely difficult task, that requires substantial knowledge in several areas of control and computer science. Although many design methods have been proposed so far, none of them had succeeded to cover all important aspects of the problem at hand. [1] Continuous increase of production in embedded market, makes a simple and natural design methodology for real-time systems needed more then ever.
Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item
Copyright:	©2003 IOS Press
Faculty:	Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science (EEMCS)
Research Group:	Robotics and Mechatronics (CE)
Link to this item:	http://purl.utwente.nl/publications/46007
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