Metaprogrammable Middleware Deployment and Configuration for Distributed Real-Time and Embedded Systems

Modern Distributed Real-time and Embedded (DRE) systems, such as Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) or smart power distribution, comprise multiple collaborating services with different systemic properties e.g., mix-mode communication requirements such as publish/subscribe and request-response semantics; multiple quality of service requirements such as timeliness and dependability; resource constraints such as limits on memory footprint; and varied deployment targets ranging from embedded processors and sensors to servers. Additionally, the systemic properties of DRE system services get tangled with each other when the services coexist and collaborate.