Although it may be tough, solving the networked real-time challenge is critical. This challenge is addressed by middleware. So, what makes middleware real time? The easy answer would be that ...

What is a distributed system? A distributed system is a collection of independent computers that appear to the user as a single coherent system. To accomplish a common objective, the computers in a ...

The list of distributed real-time applications is long. It includes military systems, financial trading, telecommunications, factory automation, traffic control, medical imaging, and more. Each of ...