Title :
FLEX: towards flexible real-time programs
Author :
Natarajan, Swaminathan ; Lin, Kwei-Jay
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Sci., Illinois Univ., Urbana, IL, USA
Abstract :
The authors describe a language called FLEX, which makes it possible to program real-time systems that can respond to dynamic environments. In the worst case, when certain resources are not available, the program can produce approximate, imprecise results. This ability to write programs that are flexible in their execution time is provided by using constraints to express timing requirements, and sieves and imprecise values to obtain imprecise results. The authors discuss the semantic aspects of computing with imprecise values.<>
Keywords :
high level languages; real-time systems; FLEX; dynamic environments; flexible real-time programs; imprecise results; real-time systems; semantic aspects; timing requirements; Computer science; Condition monitoring; Control systems; Delay; Processor scheduling; Real time systems; Robot control; Robot sensing systems; Sensor systems; Timing;
Conference_Titel :
Computer Languages, 1988. Proceedings., International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Miami Beach, FL, USA
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-0874-9
DOI :
10.1109/ICCL.1988.13074
