process: Designers must define higher abstraction levels that allow system modeling. They must use description languages that handle both hardware and software components to descri...
- With increasing availability of predefined IP (Intellectual Properties) blocks and inexpensive microprocessors, embedded system designers are faced with more design choices than ...
Abstract This paper is sort of a confession. Issues of synchrony, asynchrony, and synchronization, arise frequently in designing embedded systems from components, like everyone I k...
Abstract. Recently, component-based application developments to improve the software productivity and reusability have attracted our attention. The components are parts for buildin...
Lifelike, interactive digital characters, serving as mentors and role-playing actors, have been shown to significantly improve learner motivation and retention. However, the cost...