Abstract
The hardware/software co-design of a high-quality real-time system relies heavily on the modeling of both the hardware and software components from three aspects: structures, functionalities, and constraints, especially the temporal constraints. However, there is not a systematic process for the elicitation and analysis of temporal constraints in hardware/software co-design. Furthermore, existing object-oriented methods provide no means for the explicit specification of system/component constraints in object models. This paper presents a systematic methodology for structured object-oriented analysis and specification of temporal constraints in hardware/software co-analysis and co-design using an extended High-Order Object-Oriented Modeling Technique (HOOMT). This methodology hierarchically elicits and analyzes the temporal constraints in hardware/software co-design based on the integration of the High-Order Object Model (HOOM) and Hierarchical Timed Automata (HTA). It helps to identify temporal constraints of hardware and software components as well as their interactions level by level. In addition, it helps trace the relationships among these constraints at multiple levels during the co-design of real-time systems. A case study from the hardware/software co-design of the simulated FACTS Power Transmission System is used to illustrate the feasibility and merits of this methodology.
Recommended Citation
S. Yan et al., "A Methodology for Structured Object-Oriented Elicitation and Analysis of Temporal Constraints in Hardware/Software Co-Analysis and Co-Design of Real-Time Systems," Proceedings of the 30th Annual International Computer Software and Applications Conference (COMPSAC'06) (2006, Chicago, IL), vol. 1, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), Sep 2006.
The definitive version is available at https://doi.org/10.1109/COMPSAC.2006.11
Meeting Name
30th Annual International Computer Software and Applications Conference (COMPSAC'06) (2006: Sep. 17-21, Chicago, IL)
Department(s)
Computer Science
Sponsor(s)
National Science Foundation (U.S.)
Keywords and Phrases
Hardware/Software Co Design; Hardware/Software Co-Analysis; Hierarchical Decomposition; Structured Object-Oriented Elicitation and Analysis; Temporal Contraints
International Standard Book Number (ISBN)
0-7695-2655-1
International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)
0730-3157
Document Type
Article - Conference proceedings
Document Version
Final Version
File Type
text
Language(s)
English
Rights
© 2006 Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), All rights reserved.
Publication Date
01 Sep 2006
