WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY
COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING
LANE DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE & ELECTRICAL
ENGINEERING
CLASS GUIDELINES
Cpe 684
Advanced Real-Time Systems Development
Spring semester of each year
Instructor: Dr. Hany Ammar, email: hammar@wvu.edu, Office: 739
ESB, Phone: 293-0405 (ext.. 2514)
Prerequisites: CS 415, Intr. To Object-Oriented
Programming, CpE 484, Intr. To Real-Time Systems Development, or instructor
consent.
Text: Doing Hard
Time: Developing Real-Time Systems with UML, Objects, Frameworks, and Patterns,
By B. P. Douglass, Addison Wesley, 1999, 0-202-49837-5
References:
- Lyons, A. UML for Real-Time
Overview, ObjecTime, Ltd.,White Paper. http://www.ObjecTime.com/otl/technical/umlrt.html
- Selic, B. and Rumbaugh, J.
Using UML for modeling complex Real-Time systems, ObjecTime,
Ltd.,White Paper.
http://www.ObjecTime.com/otl/technical/umlrt.html
- Software Specification and
Design, A Disciplined Approach for Real-Time Systems by Shumate and Kelly,
Wiley, 1992.
- Designing Large Real-Time
Systems With Ada, by Nielson and Shumate, McGraw-Hill, 1988.
- Real-Time Systems and Their
Programming Languages, by Burns & Wellings, Addison-Wesley, 1989.
- Software Engineering, by I.
Sommerville, Addison-Wesley, 1989, 3rd Ed.
- Structured Development for
Real-Time Systems, by Ward and Mellor, Yourdon Press, 1986, 3 volumes.
- Object-Oriented Design With
Applications, by G. Booch, Benjamin Cummings, 1991.
Course Description and Objectives: This is a project-based
course focused on systems development with an emphasis on analysis and design
of real-time systems. The course starts by introducing the Unified Modeling
Language (UML) for real-time systems
and describing their characteristics and unique attributes of real-time safety
critical systems. The object-oriented development process for embedded systems
is described. The analysis and design phases of development are then covered by
describing.real-time object modeling techniques and design patterns and
frameworks. Detailed design and implementation using C++ are then addressed
followed by a detailed coverage of testing, verification and validation
techniques and tools.
A computer-aided software engineering (CASE) tool, namely RoseRT is used
throughout the course. A term project, in-class exercises, and a mid-term
examination are used to assess the students learning process. The term project
is to be done in teams of 3 or 4 students and it starts very early in the
semester during the second or third week. In-class Project Presentations and
reviews will be conducted according to the schedule given below.
Expected
Learning Outcomes :
Upon
successful completion of this course students will be able to:
- Specify the characteristics
of real-time software and identify unique attributes and problems related
to the software development for real-time systems using specific examples.
- Use a CASE tool to:
- Correctly analyze the
software requirements of a complex real-time system and develop a
specification based on object-oriented analysis.
- Develop and verify a
high level design according to the specification obtained in the previous
step.
- Develop a detailed
design and implementation using in C++.
- Specify and practice the
usage of key object-oriented design patterns and frameworks for real-time
embedded systems.
- Develop a detailed design and
implement and test using scenario-based testing a component of a complex
real-time system design
If time permits, the students will be able to
- Identify techniques used in
the analysis and prediction of the timing behavior of a system based on
detailed design. Specify examples of using such techniques for assessing
design tradeoffs and troubleshooting the system timing behavior.
- Identify tasks and techniques
used for software verification and validation at the early stages of
development.
Topics:.(Notes and Lecture
Slides)......................................................# of Weeks
- Introduction
to UML for Real-Time Systems UML-RT 1
- Advanced
Concepts of Real-time, and Embedded Systems 1
- The Object-oriented
Development Process for Embedded Systems 1
- Requirements
Analysis of Real-Time Systems using UML-RT 3
- Project:
Requirements Analysis Review 2
- Architectural
Design of Embedded Systems Using Design Patterns 3
- Project: Architectural
Design Review 1
- Detailed
Design, Implementation, and Testing 1
- Verification
and Validation of Real-Time Software 1
- Project:
Detailed Design and Testing Review 1
Computer Usage: Students will be required to use RoseRT a Computer-Aided
Software Engineering package running on the NT workstations in the Computer Lab
in ESB 813 and 756.
Grading:
- Homework and Exercises
...................................5%
- Mid-Term
Exam..................................................30%,.
Project:..........................................................................................................Deadline
- Analysis...........................................................................25%..............Feb.
25
- Design..............................................................................20%.............Mar.
25
- Detailed Design &
Coding, Testing & Verification...........15% April 22
- Project Final
Report........................................................5%................April
26
The project will be conducted by groups of 2 or 3 students. Reports on
projects will be required from each group after each phase. The final report
should summarize the whole project and show the testing results, and give a
section on problems encountered and lessons learned during the software
development process. It is expected that students will participate equally in
the work of the group. Group meetings minutes specifying the attendees should
be included, and the contribution of each student must be documented in each report.
Grade
Assignment : 100 – 90 A
89 – 80 B
79 – 70 C
69 – 60 D
59 –
0 F
Grading
Policy : No make-up exams except by prior arrangement with instructor
Late
assignment = no assignment
Exam grading
appeals in writing on the day the exam is returned.