chapter 1 Introduction and Overview -- chapter 2 Real-Time Scheduling and Resource Management -- chapter 3 Schedulability Analysis of Multiprocessor Sporadic Task Systems / chapter 4 Rate-Based Resource Allocation Methods -- chapter 5 Compositional Real-Time Schedulability Analysis -- chapter 6 Power-Aware Resource Management Techniques for Low-Power Embedded Systems -- chapter 7 Imprecise Computation Model: Total Weighted Error and Maximum Weighted Error -- chapter 8 Imprecise Computation Model: Bicriteria and Other Related Problems -- chapter 9 Stochastic Analysis of Priority-Driven Periodic Real-Time Systems* -- chapter 10 Temporal Control in Real-Time Systems: Languages and Systems -- chapter 11 The Evolution of Real-Time Programming / chapter 12 Real-Time Java -- chapter 13 Programming Execution-Time Servers and Supporting EDF Scheduling in Ada 2005 -- chapter 14 Synchronous Programming* -- chapter 15 QoS-Enabled Component Middleware for Distributed Real-Time and Embedded Systems -- chapter 16 Safe and Structured Use of Interrupts in Real-Time and Embedded Software -- chapter 17 QoS Support and an Analytic Study for USB 1.x/2.0 Devices -- chapter 18 Reference Middleware Architecture for Real-Time and Embedded Systems: A Case for Networked Service Robots -- chapter 19 Online QoS Adaptation with the Flexible Time-Triggered (FTT) Communication Paradigm -- chapter 20 Wireless Sensor Networks -- chapter 21 Messaging in Sensor Networks: Addressing Wireless Communications and Application Diversity -- chapter 22 Real-Time Communication for Embedded Wireless Networks -- chapter 23 Programming and Virtualization of Distributed Multitasking Sensor Networks -- chapter 24 Data-Intensive Services for Real-Time Systems -- chapter 25 Real-Time Data Distribution -- chapter 26 Temporal Consistency Maintenance for Real-Time Update Transactions -- chapter 27 Salvaging Resources by Discarding Irreconcilably Conflicting Transactions in Firm Real-Time Database Systems* -- chapter 28 Applications-Tailored Databases for Real-Time Systems -- chapter 29 DeeDS NG: Architecture, Design, and Sample Application Scenario / chapter 30 State Space Abstractions for Time Petri Nets -- chapter 31 Process-Algebraic Analysis of Timing and Schedulability Properties -- chapter 32 Modular Hierarchies of Models for Embedded Systems -- chapter 33 Metamodeling Languages and Metaprogrammable Tools -- chapter 34 Hardware/Software Codesign -- chapter 35 Exection Time Analysis for Embedded Real-Time Systems -- chapter 36 Dynamic QoS Management in Distributed Real-Time Embedded Systems -- chapter 37 Embedded Mobility in Multimedia Systems and Applications -- chapter 38 Embedded Systems and Software Technology in the Automotive Domain -- chapter 39 Real-Time Data Services for Automotive Applications.