Although it may be tough, solving the networked real-time challenge is critical. This challenge is addressed by middleware. So, what makes middleware real time? The easy answer would be that ...

Distributed systems work by sending information between otherwise independent applications. Traditionally, that communication is done by passing messages between the various nodes. This ...

What is a distributed system? A distributed system is a collection of independent computers that appear to the user as a single coherent system. To accomplish a common objective, the computers in a ...

The list of distributed real-time applications is long. It includes military systems, financial trading, telecommunications, factory automation, traffic control, medical imaging, and more. Each of ...