From the reviews: "This book presents a roadmap aimed at 'advancing the state of the art and structuring research on embedded systems in Europe.' ... The surveys of existing solutions for several important aspects, such as embedded operating systems, component models for embedded systems, and networks for distributed embedded systems, are another strong point. All in all, this book could be very useful for academics and researchers already working in the embedded systems domain, as a source of open problems for future research and references to existing techniques." (Sudeep Pasricha, Computing Reviews, April, 2006)

• Hard Real-Time Development Environments.- Executive Overview on Hard Real-Time Development Environments.- Hard Real-Time System Development.- Current Design Practice and Needs in Selected Industrial Sectors.- Tools for Requirements Capture and Exploration.- Tools for Architecture Design and Capture.- Tools for Programming, Code Generation, and Design.- Tools for Verification and Validation.- Middleware for Implementing Hard Real-Time Systems.- Review of Some Advanced Methodologies.- Component-Based Design and Integration Platforms.- Executive Overview on Component-Based Design and Integration Platforms.- Component-Based System Development.- Current Design Practice and Needs in Selected Industrial Sectors.- Components and Contracts.- Component Models and Integration Platforms: Landscape.- Standardization Efforts.- References.- Adaptive Real-Time Systems for Quality of Service Management.- Executive Overview on Adaptive Real-Time Systems for Quality of Service Management.- Adaptive Real-Time System Development.- Current Design Practice and Needs in Selected Industrial Sectors.- Real-Time Scheduling.- Real-Time Operating Systems.- QoS Management.- Real-Time Middleware.- Networks.- Programming Languages for Real-Time Systems.- Other Issues.- Execution Platforms.- Executive Overview on Execution Platforms.- Current Design Practice and Needs in Selected Sectors.- Computing Platforms.- Low Power Engineering.

From the reviews: "This book presents a roadmap aimed at 'advancing the state of the art and structuring research on embedded systems in Europe.' ... The surveys of existing solutions for several important aspects, such as embedded operating systems, component models for embedded systems, and networks for distributed embedded systems, are another strong point. All in all, this book could be very useful for academics and researchers already working in the embedded systems domain, as a source of open problems for future research and references to existing techniques." (Sudeep Pasricha, Computing Reviews, April, 2006)

• Hard Real-Time Development Environments.- Executive Overview on Hard Real-Time Development Environments.- Hard Real-Time System Development.- Current Design Practice and Needs in Selected Industrial Sectors.- Tools for Requirements Capture and Exploration.- Tools for Architecture Design and Capture.- Tools for Programming, Code Generation, and Design.- Tools for Verification and Validation.- Middleware for Implementing Hard Real-Time Systems.- Review of Some Advanced Methodologies.- Component-Based Design and Integration Platforms.- Executive Overview on Component-Based Design and Integration Platforms.- Component-Based System Development.- Current Design Practice and Needs in Selected Industrial Sectors.- Components and Contracts.- Component Models and Integration Platforms: Landscape.- Standardization Efforts.- References.- Adaptive Real-Time Systems for Quality of Service Management.- Executive Overview on Adaptive Real-Time Systems for Quality of Service Management.- Adaptive Real-Time System Development.- Current Design Practice and Needs in Selected Industrial Sectors.- Real-Time Scheduling.- Real-Time Operating Systems.- QoS Management.- Real-Time Middleware.- Networks.- Programming Languages for Real-Time Systems.- Other Issues.- Execution Platforms.- Executive Overview on Execution Platforms.- Current Design Practice and Needs in Selected Sectors.- Computing Platforms.- Low Power Engineering.

From the reviews: "This book presents a roadmap aimed at 'advancing the state of the art and structuring research on embedded systems in Europe.' ... The surveys of existing solutions for several important aspects, such as embedded operating systems, component models for embedded systems, and networks for distributed embedded systems, are another strong point. All in all, this book could be very useful for academics and researchers already working in the embedded systems domain, as a source of open problems for future research and references to existing techniques." (Sudeep Pasricha, Computing Reviews, April, 2006)

• Hard Real-Time Development Environments.- Executive Overview on Hard Real-Time Development Environments.- Hard Real-Time System Development.- Current Design Practice and Needs in Selected Industrial Sectors.- Tools for Requirements Capture and Exploration.- Tools for Architecture Design and Capture.- Tools for Programming, Code Generation, and Design.- Tools for Verification and Validation.- Middleware for Implementing Hard Real-Time Systems.- Review of Some Advanced Methodologies.- Component-Based Design and Integration Platforms.- Executive Overview on Component-Based Design and Integration Platforms.- Component-Based System Development.- Current Design Practice and Needs in Selected Industrial Sectors.- Components and Contracts.- Component Models and Integration Platforms: Landscape.- Standardization Efforts.- References.- Adaptive Real-Time Systems for Quality of Service Management.- Executive Overview on Adaptive Real-Time Systems for Quality of Service Management.- Adaptive Real-Time System Development.- Current Design Practice and Needs in Selected Industrial Sectors.- Real-Time Scheduling.- Real-Time Operating Systems.- QoS Management.- Real-Time Middleware.- Networks.- Programming Languages for Real-Time Systems.- Other Issues.- Execution Platforms.- Executive Overview on Execution Platforms.- Current Design Practice and Needs in Selected Sectors.- Computing Platforms.- Low Power Engineering.