@ARTICLE\{IMM2003-04618,
    author       = "P. Pop and P. Eles and Z. Peng",
    title        = "Schedulability Analysis and Optimization for the Synthesis of Multi-Cluster Distributed Embedded Systems",
    year         = "2003",
    month        = "sep",
    pages        = "303--312",
    journal      = "{IEE} Computers and Digital Techniques Journal",
    volume       = "150",
    editor       = "",
    number       = "5",
    publisher    = "",
    url          = "http://www2.compute.dtu.dk/pubdb/pubs/4618-full.html",
    abstract     = "We present an approach to schedulability analysis for the synthesis of multicluster distributed embedded systems consisting of time-triggered and event-triggered clusters, interconnected via gateways. We have also proposed a buffer size and worst-case queuing delay analysis for the gateways, responsible for routing inter-cluster traffic. Optimization heuristics for the priority assignment and synthesis of bus access parameters aimed at producing a schedulable system with minimal buffer needs have been proposed. Extensive experiments and a real-life example show the efficiency of our approaches."
}