This overview examines significant real-time scheduling policies in use in applications such as flight control, telecommunication systems, nuclear plant supervision, and surgical operation monitoring. The bases of real-time scheduling and its major evolutions are described using unified terminology and notations, covering centralized computing systems, some distributed systems, and local-area and larger networks. With chapter exercises, answers, and cases the book is useful as a text for university students in computer, software, electronics, and control system engineering, and as a reference for engineers and developers in the systems and communications industry.

本文概述了飞行控制、电信系统、核电厂监督和外科手术监控等应用中使用的重要实时调度策略。使用统一的术语和符号描述实时调度的基础及其主要演变，包括集中计算系统、一些分布式系统、局域网和更大的网络。本书包括章节练习、答案和案例，可作为计算机、软件、电子和控制系统工程专业大学生的教材，也可作为系统和通信行业工程师和开发人员的参考。