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Design and implementation of DROL runtime environment on Real-Time Mach kernel

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Object-Based Parallel and Distributed Computation (OBPDC 1995)

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This paper describes our design and implementation of a real-time object invocation model supported by the distributed real-time programming language DROL. The main characteristic of this model is the notion of least suffering. Least suffering assures users to be notified network and computer faults within a required timing constraint and supports rapid recovery from them. Consequently, this notion allows users to construct real-time applications on widely distributed environments. Through the design and implementation of a DROL runtime environment on the Real-Time Mach kernel, we examine costs of least suffering in a network-wide object invocation. We also show what functions are needed to real-time kernels to implement a distributed real-time programming environment.

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  1. Department of Computer Science, The University of Electro-Communications, 1-5-1, Chofugaoka, Chofu-shi, 182, Tokyo, Japan

    Kazunori Takashio

  2. Department of Computer Science, Keio University, 3-14-1, Hiyoshi, Kohoku-ku, 223, Yokohama, Japan

    Hidehisa Shitomi & Mario Tokoro

  3. Sony Computer Science Laboratory Inc., 3-14-13 Higashi-Gotanda, Shinagawa-ku, 141, Tokyo, Japan

    Mario Tokoro

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  1. Kazunori Takashio
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Jean-Pierre Briot Jean-Marc Geib Akinori Yonezawa

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Takashio, K., Shitomi, H., Tokoro, M. (1996). Design and implementation of DROL runtime environment on Real-Time Mach kernel. In: Briot, JP., Geib, JM., Yonezawa, A. (eds) Object-Based Parallel and Distributed Computation. OBPDC 1995. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 1107. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-61487-7_32

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