A software overview of HARTS: a distributed real-time system

Introduction 31.1 IntroductionIt has become a common practice to use digital computers for such embedded realtimeapplications as computer-integrated manufacturing, industrial process control,defense systems, and electric power distribution and monitoring. These applicationsusually impose stringent timing and reliability requirements on the computer systemto be used, because a system failure could lead to catastrophe. Distributedsystems with point-to-point interconnection networks are...