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There is an increasing need for mission and safety critical (mask) computing applications. Some of the future mask applications will be large, long lived, complex, non-stop, remotely distributed, real-time, fault tolerant and expensive. Examples include the faa’s advanced automation system, nasa’s proposed manned missions to Mars, and dod’s needs for improved automated support for command, communications, control and intelligence. Such applications cannot be safely and affordably mapped to concepts and components of systems software that were not designed to support the life cycle of mask applications. Operating systems, database management systems, data communications systems, user interface systems and applications cannot be constructed with different paradigms and technology and then somehow be certified for collective use in hard real-time, safety critical environments. Issues such as distribution, fault tolerance and survivability, and non-stop operation further complicate these challenges.
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Davari, S., McKay, C. (1994). The Need for a New Generation of Integrated Systems Software for Real-Time Applications. In: Halang, W.A., Stoyenko, A.D. (eds) Real Time Computing. NATO ASI Series, vol 127. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-88049-0_104
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