Model-Based Design of Adaptive Embedded Systems, 2013
Embedded Systems Series, Vol. 22

This book describes model-based development of adaptive embedded systems, which enable improved functionality using the same resources. The techniques presented facilitate design from a higher level of abstraction, focusing on the problem domain rather than on the solution domain, thereby increasing development efficiency. Models are used to capture system specifications and to implement (manually or automatically) system functionality. The authors demonstrate the real impact of adaptivity on engineering of embedded systems by providing several industrial examples of the models used in the development of adaptive embedded systems.

Adaptivity in Professional Printing Systems.- Aspects of Adaptive Systems Engineering: A Professional Printing Case.- Piezo Printhead Control: Jetting Any Drop at Any Time.- Adaptive Strategies for Productive Toner Printers.- Reasoning with Uncertainty about System Behaviour: Making Printing Systems Adaptive.- Supporting the Architecting Process of Adaptable Systems.- Model-Driven Design-Space Exploration for Software-Intensive Embedded Systems.- Engineering Embedded Software: Managing Complexity and Evolution.- Reflections on the Octopus Project.

Discusses development of adaptive embedded systems both from an architectural and methodological point of view Includes state-of-the art information on system architecture, software architecture, system design, and adaptive control Demonstrates how system modeling can facilitate the development of adaptive embedded systems Validates methods described using real examples from industry