Citation
Edward A. Lee, Yang Zhao. "Reinventing Computing for Real Time". Proceedings of the 2006 Monterey Workshop, LNCS 4322, F. Kordon and J. Sztipanovits (eds.), Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, 1-25, October, 2006.

Abstract
This paper studies models of computation, software techniques, and analytical models for distributed timed systems. By "timed systems" we mean those where timeliness is an essential part of the behavior. By "distributed systems" we mean computational systems that are interconnected on a network. Applications of timed distributed systems include industrial automation, distributed immersive environments, advanced instrumentation systems, networked control systems, and many modern embedded software systems that integrate networking. The introduction of network time protocols such as NTP (at a coarse granularity) and IEEE 1588 (at a fine granularity) makes possible time coherence that has not traditionally been part of the computational models in networked systems. The main question we address in this paper is: Given time synchronization with some known precision, how does this change how distributed applications are designed and developed? A second question we address is: How can time synchronization help with realizing coordinated real-time events.

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  href="http://chess.eecs.berkeley.edu/pubs/327.html"
  >Reinventing Computing for Real Time</a>,
  Proceedings of the 2006 Monterey Workshop, LNCS 4322, F.
  Kordon and J. Sztipanovits (eds.), Springer-Verlag Berlin
  Heidelberg, 1-25, October, 2006.

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  Edward A. Lee, Yang Zhao. "Reinventing Computing for
  Real Time". Proceedings of the 2006 Monterey Workshop,
  LNCS 4322, F. Kordon and J. Sztipanovits (eds.),
  Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, 1-25, October, 2006.

• BibTeX

  @inproceedings{LeeZhao06_ReinventingComputingForRealTime,
      author = {Edward A. Lee and Yang Zhao},
      title = {Reinventing Computing for Real Time},
      booktitle = {Proceedings of the 2006 Monterey Workshop, LNCS
                4322},
      editor = {F. Kordon and J. Sztipanovits},
      organization = {Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg},
      pages = {1-25},
      month = {October},
      year = {2006},
      abstract = {This paper studies models of computation, software
                techniques, and analytical models for distributed
                timed systems. By "timed systems" we mean those
                where timeliness is an essential part of the
                behavior. By "distributed systems" we mean
                computational systems that are interconnected on a
                network. Applications of timed distributed systems
                include industrial automation, distributed
                immersive environments, advanced instrumentation
                systems, networked control systems, and many
                modern embedded software systems that integrate
                networking. The introduction of network time
                protocols such as NTP (at a coarse granularity)
                and IEEE 1588 (at a fine granularity) makes
                possible time coherence that has not traditionally
                been part of the computational models in networked
                systems. The main question we address in this
                paper is: Given time synchronization with some
                known precision, how does this change how
                distributed applications are designed and
                developed? A second question we address is: How
                can time synchronization help with realizing
                coordinated real-time events.},
      URL = {http://chess.eecs.berkeley.edu/pubs/327.html}
  }
  

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