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Choosing a software design method for real-time Ada applications: JSD process inversion as a means to tailor a design specification to the performance requirements and target machineThe validity of real-time software is determined by its ability to execute on a computer within the time constraints of the physical system it is modeling. In many applications the time constraints are so critical that the details of process scheduling are elevated to the requirements analysis phase of the software development cycle. It is not uncommon to find specifications for a real-time cyclic executive program included to assumed in such requirements. It was found that prelininary designs structured around this implementation abscure the data flow of the real world system that is modeled and that it is consequently difficult and costly to maintain, update and reuse the resulting software. A cyclic executive is a software component that schedules and implicitly synchronizes the real-time software through periodic and repetitive subroutine calls. Therefore a design method is sought that allows the deferral of process scheduling to the later stages of design. The appropriate scheduling paradigm must be chosen given the performance constraints, the largest environment and the software's lifecycle. The concept of process inversion is explored with respect to the cyclic executive.
Document ID
19890006952
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Withey, James V.
(Intermetrics, Inc. Cambridge, MA, United States)
Date Acquired
September 5, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 1986
Publication Information
Publication: NASA, Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center, First International Conference on Ada (R) Programming Language Applications for the NASA Space Station, Volume 1
Subject Category
Computer Programming And Software
Accession Number
89N16323
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.

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