part Part I: Real-Time and Performance Analysis in Heterogeneous Embedded Systems -- chapter 1 Performance Prediction of Distributed Platforms / chapter 2 SystemC-Based Performance Analysis of Embedded Systems / chapter 3 Formal Performance Analysis for Real-Time Heterogeneous Embedded Systems / chapter 4 Model-Based Framework for Schedulability Analysis Using UPPAAL 4.1 / chapter 5 Modeling and Analysis Framework for Embedded Systems / chapter 6 TrueTime: Simulation Tool for Performance Analysis of Real-Time Embedded Systems / part Part II: Design Tools and Methodology for Multiprocessor System-on-Chip -- chapter 7 MPSoC Platform Mapping Tools for Data-Dominated Applications / chapter 8 Retargetable, Embedded Software Design Methodology for Multiprocessor-Embedded Systems. Soonhoi Ha -- chapter 9 Programming Models for MPSoC / chapter 10 Platform-Based Design and Frameworks: METROPOLIS and METRO II / chapter 11 Reconfigurable Multicore Architectures for Streaming Applications / chapter 12 FPGA Platforms for Embedded Systems -- part Part III: Design Tools and Methodology for Multidomain Embedded Systems -- chapter 13 Modeling, Verification, and Testing Using Timed and Hybrid Automata / chapter 14 Semantics of Domain-Specific Modeling Languages / chapter 15 Multi-Viewpoint State Machines for Rich Component Models / chapter 16 Generic Methodology for the Design of Continuous/Discrete Co-Simulation Tools / chapter 17 Modeling and Simulation of Mixed Continuous and Discrete Systems / chapter 18 Design Refinement of Embedded Mixed-Signal Systems / chapter 19 Platform for Model-Based Design of Integrated Multi-Technology Systems / chapter 20 CAD Tools for Multi-Domain Systems on Chips / chapter 21 Smart Sensors Modeling Using VHDL-AMS for Microinstrument Implementation with a Distributed Architecture