Real-time systems development improvement Clause Samples

Real-time systems development improvement. In large systems engineering projects, a large variety of techniques are used for description, programming, validation and finally for implementation. The consistency of the overall development process is problematic and in general not guaranteed. The resulting impact on quality assurance is however seen as a major bottleneck in systems development. ARTIST will co-ordinate the effort for relating, comparing and evaluating the different techniques. More importantly, the project will identify missing and promising links between existing techniques and enhance compatibility of techniques by promotion of standards. ARTIST gathers together the most important academic research teams in the area of advanced real-time systems. It has a focused work programme with 3 actions corresponding to well identified technological needs: one on “traditional” hard real-time for safety critical systems used in the sector of transport and two dealing with needs resulting from softer real-time practice in areas such as telecommunications and multimedia. ARTIST academic research teams have tight connections with the main industrials and technology providers in the area. Finally, ARTIST will co-ordinate and reinforce already established connections between European and US teams.