Dr. Kayhan Erciyes is a full Professor in the Department of Computer Engineering at Üsküdar University, Istanbul, Turkey. His other publications include the Springer titles Guide to Graph Algorithms, Distributed and Sequential Algorithms for Bioinformatics, and Distributed Graph Algorithms for Computer Networks.

Part I: Introduction

Introduction to Real-Time Systems

The Hardware

Distributed Real-Time Systems

Part II: System Software

Real-Time Operating Systems

Design of an Experimental Distributed Real-Time Kernel

Distributed Real-Time Operating Systems and the Middleware

Part III: Scheduling and Resource Sharing

Uniprocessor Independent Task Scheduling

Uniprocessor Dependent Task Scheduling

Multiprocessor and Distributed Real-Time Scheduling

Part IV: Application Design

Software Engineering of Real-Time Systems

Real-Time Programming Languages

Fault Tolerance

Case Study: Environment Monitoring by a Wireless Sensor Network

Appendix A: Pseudocode Conventions

Appendix B: Lower Kernel Functions