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Exception Handling and Predictability in Hard Real-Time Systems

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The objective of this paper is to give some reflections about handling of exceptions in hard real-time environments, which is among the less elaborated topics in this domain.

A classification of possible exceptions in real-time systems is done, to identify the ones which can be prevented by certain design measures or avoided by specifying and servicing them within their contexts. A way to survive the remaining ones in a well-structured and predictable way, and as painlessly as possible, is proposed.

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  1. Faculty of Technical Sciences, University of Maribor, Maribor, Slovenia

    Matjaž Colnarič

  2. Department of Electrical Engineering, Fern Universität Hagen, Hagen, Germany

    Wolfgang A. Halang

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  1. Franco-Polish School of New Information and Communication Technology, 60-854, Poznań, Poland

    Janusz Górski

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Colnarič, M., Halang, W.A. (1993). Exception Handling and Predictability in Hard Real-Time Systems. In: Górski, J. (eds) SAFECOMP ’93. SAFECOMP 1993. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-2061-2_36

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