Achieving real-time in distributed computing :  from grids to clouds / 
Dimosthenis P. Kyriazis, Theordora A. Varvarigou, and Kleopatra Konstanteli, [editors]. 
 - Hershey, PA :  Information Science Reference,  c2012. 
 - xxii, 330 p. :  ill. ;  30 cm. 
<br/><br/> "Premier reference source"--Cover. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 288-315) and index. 
<br/><br/> "This book offers over 400 accounts from a wide range of specific research efforts on methodologies, tools, and architectures for complex distributed systems that address the practical issues of performance guarantees, timed execution, real-time management of resources, synchronized communication under various load conditions, satisfaction of QoS constraints, as well as dealing with the trade-offs between these aspects"-- Provided by publisher. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781609608279 (hc.) 9781609608286 (ebk.) 9781609608293 (print & perpetual access) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2011016061 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Electronic data processing--Distributed processing.<br/>Real-time data processing.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>QA76.54  / .A328 2012 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>004.33