The well known problem of priority inversions that occurs in classical real-time systems also manifests in decentralized cyber-physical systems. Using a specific example of composable conveyor systems, we show how priority inversions hinder the transport of entities through the conveyor systems. We present a novel adaptation of the classical priority inheritance protocol for resolving these cyb...

Fixed-priority scheduling has become a very important approach for implementing real-time systems. Two key aspects of the method are its support for resource management using priority inheritance protocols and its ability to model modes of operation. In this paper, we discuss the impact of mode changes on the immediate inheritance priority ceiling protocol. We show that the approach adopted in ...

Priority effects, in which the order of species arrival dictates community assembly, can have a major influence on species diversity, but the genetic basis of priority effects remains unknown. Here, we suggest that nitrogen scavenging genes previously considered responsible for starvation avoidance may drive priority effects by causing rapid resource depletion. Using single-molecule sequencing,...

The convergence of application domains in new systems-on-chip results in hybrid systems with many intellectual property components with a mix of soft and hard real-time requirements. Resources, such as memories and interconnect , are shared between requestors to reduce cost. However, resource sharing introduces interference between the sharing components, referred to as requestors, making it di...

background: in the recent years, using health technologies to diagnose and treat diseases has had a considerable and accelerated growth. the proper use of these technologies may considerably help in the diagnosis and treatment of different diseases. on the other hand, unlimited and unrestricted entry of these technologies may result in induced demand by service providers. the aim of this study ...

As the sheer amount of computer generated data continues to grow exponentially, new bottlenecks are unveiled that require rethinking our traditional software and hardware architectures. In this paper we present five algorithms and data structures (long queue emulation, lockless bimodal queues, tail early dropping, LFN tables, and multiresolution priority queues) designed to optimize the process...

In many real-time applications, especially those involving computer-controlled systems, the application tasks often have a maximal acceptable latency, and small latency is preferred to large. The interaction between choosing task periods to meet the individual latency requirements and scheduling the resulting task set was investigated in [4] using dynamic priority scheduling methods. In this pa...

AIMS To examine ethnic and gender variations in the use of coronary artery revascularisation procedures in New Zealand and to determine whether the introduction of priority scores affected intervention trends. METHODS Analysis of the National Minimum Database for coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) and percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA) intervention rates for New Zealand Pa...

How donor organs are allocated for transplant can affect their scarcity. In 2008, Israel's Parliament passed an Organ Transplantation Law granting priority on organ donor waiting lists to individuals who had previously registered as organ donors. Beginning in November 2010, public awareness campaigns advertised the priority policy to the public. Since April 2012, priority has been added to the ...