ECE3704

Software engineering and real time systems ( 4 points, SCA Band 2, 0.083 EFTSL)

Leader: M Premaratne

Offered:
Clayton Second semester 2006 (Day)
Malaysia Second semester 2006 (Day)

Synopsis: The methodology of software development and lifecycle models; characteristics and requirements of real-time systems including scheduling under crisis time constraints; concurrency; process synchronisation and resource sharing; inter-process communication mechanisms; distributed systems; formal specification techniques; software validation and quality assurance; standards; performance metrics; human factors in software engineering.

Assessment: Examination (3 hours): 70% + Laboratory and assignment work: 30%

Contact Hours: 26 lectures

Prerequisites: ECE2702 or TEC2541 or CSE1303