SDL (Specification and Description Language) is a modern,high-level programming language intended for the description ofcomplex, event-driven, real-time and communicating systems. SDL wasoriginally designed to describe performance-critical, real-timesystems with precision and accuracy, and, if used correctly, it cansignificantly enhance the performance of system designs.
This text is unique in the integration between performance anddesign issues, describing the specific problems encountered whenspecifying, designing and implementing communication systems withSDL, and offers experience-based advice and solutions. Other topicscovered include
* Navigating through complex design processes
* Strategies for deriving efficient implementations from SDLdescriptions
* The latest version of SDL, SDL-2000
Systems Engineering with SDL also includes a CD-ROM containing ademonstration version of Telelogic's SDL design suite 'Tau' - themarket leading SDL design tool which further reinforces thecomprehensive integration between theory and practice.
Written by a former system architect at Alcatel who currentlyserves on the ITU standards body for SDL, responsible for thedevelopment of performance and time aspects of the standard, thisvaluable reference resource is principally of use to practitionersusing SDL to develop communicating systems, communicationprotocols, distributed systems, embedded systems, especiallysystems architects, development engineers and tool builders makingstrategic design decisions. However, the comprehensive coverage andconcise and practical style make this text also applicable tostudents on graduate level courses on protocol engineering,communication systems engineering and distributed systems.
Andreas Mitschele-Thiel
Communication Technology Computer Science Electrical & Electronics Engineering Elektrotechnik u. Elektronik Informatik Kommunikationstechnik Parallel and Distributed Computing Paralleles u. Verteiltes Rechnen SDL Systems Engineering & Management Systemtechnik u. -management Systemtheorie Telekommunikation
"This practical guide to the design and implementation of communications systems and distributed applications aims to nip... [performance problems which lead to project failure]...in the bud." (SciTech Book News Vol. 25, No. 2 June 2001)
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