Techniques for Building Timing-Predictable Embedded Systems

Nan Guan is a researcher in the Embedded Systems Institute of the College of Computer Science and Engineering, at Northeastern University, China. His research interest includes Multiprocessor/multicore scheduling, Worst-Case Execution Time analysis, and Software synthesis of dataflow models.

• Introduction.- Part I Cache Analysis for WCET Estimation.- MRU Cache Analysis for WCET Estimation.- FIFO Cache Analysis for WCET Estimation.- Part II Real-Time Scheduling on Multicores.- Analyzing Preemptive Global Scheduling.- Analyzing Non-preemptive Global Scheduling.- Liu & Layland's Utilization Bound.- Parametric Utilization Bounds.- Cache-Aware Scheduling.- Part III Real-Time Calculus.- Finitary Real-Time Calculus.- EDF in Real-Time Calculus.-