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Evaluation of a Tool for Supporting Software Component Services in Embedded Real-Time Systems

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Authors: Frank Lüders, Ivica Crnkovic, Per Runeson (Lund University)
Source: Proceedings of the 6th Conference on Software Engineering and Practice in Sweden, p 49-54, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden
 

Abstract

The use of software component models has become popular in the development of desktop applications and distributed information systems. The most successful models incorporate support for run-time services of general use in their intended application domains. There has been no widespread use of such models in the de-velopment of embedded real-time systems and much research is currently directed at defining new component models for this domain. We have explored the alterna-tive approach of extending a mainstream component model with run-time services for embedded real-time systems. A prototype tool has been developed that gener-ates code for a number of such services. To evaluate this tool, we have conducted a multiple-case study, where four teams of students were given the same develop-ment task. Two teams were given the tool while the remaining two were not. This paper describes the design of the study and our initial analysis of the results.
 

BibTeX entry

@inproceedings{Lüders_1186:2006,
   author = {Frank L{\"u}ders and Ivica Crnkovic and Per Runeson},
   title = {Evaluation of a Tool for Supporting Software Component Services in Embedded Real-Time Systems},
   booktitle = {Proceedings of the 6th Conference on Software Engineering and Practice in Sweden},
   month = {October},
   year = {2006},
   pages = {49-54},
   publisher = {Ume{\aa} University},
   url = {http://www.mrtc.mdh.se/index.php?choice=publications&id=1186},
}

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