(1) Department of Computer Science, York University, 4700 Keele Street, North York, Ontario, M3J 1P3, Canada;(2) Department of Computing and Software, Faculty of Engineering, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, L8S 4K1, Canada
Abstract:
Builders of real-time systems often use priority scheduling in their systems without considering alternatives. This paper examines one alternative, pre-run-time scheduling, and show that when it can be applied it has significant advantages when compared to priority scheduling schemes.