Parallel processing: a safer option for real-time control software
C.I. Birkinshaw · 1994
: blob blob blob 1. Introduction Digital computers are increasingly being used for software control of complex systems. Consequently more emphasis is being placed on the safety aspects of these computers and the constraints that they must work under. In recent literature this has given rise to the term safety-critical computing [Red--93]. The purpose of this paper is to show parallel processing paradigms to be a mature solution to safety-critical computing systems, which can improve the reliability, safety, and performance of real-time control applications. The control community has embraced the flexibility and performance of parallel processing, for example transputers and occam [Irw-92], in a wide range of applications. Yet there still remains a significant need for the introduction of the formal theories which underpin these solutions. By utilising these formalisms, the control engineer can gain more confidence in the software developed A brief discussion of the application of pa...