System-level modeling in the ADEPT environment of a distributed computer system for real-time applications

Author

Ghosh, Anup K. ; Johnson, Barry W. ; Profeta, Joseph A., III

Author_Institution

Center for Semicustom Integrated Systems, Virginia Univ., Charlottesville, VA, USA

fYear

1995

fDate

24-26 Apr 1995

Firstpage

194

Lastpage

203

Abstract

The design of complex systems in safety-critical applications requires an integrated design and assessment environment. The paper presents the ADEPT environment for designing dependable systems from concept to implementation. An application of ADEPT to modeling a distributed computer system used in real-time embedded train control applications is described. Results from a performance analysis of the distributed computer system model are illustrated. Dependability results are also presented for a second example application

Keywords

development systems; distributed processing; programming environments; rail traffic; real-time systems; safety-critical software; software performance evaluation; software prototyping; software tools; systems analysis; traffic control; ADEPT environment; complex systems design; dependability; dependable systems; distributed computer system; integrated design/assessment environment; performance analysis; real-time applications; real-time embedded train control applications; safety-critical applications; system-level modeling; Application software; Computer architecture; Distributed computing; Embedded computing; Performance analysis; Process design; Real time systems; Safety; Software tools; Switches;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Computer Performance and Dependability Symposium, 1995. Proceedings., International

Conference_Location

Erlangen

Print_ISBN

0-8186-7059-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IPDS.1995.395832

Filename

395832