Soft Real-Time Systems: Predictability vs. Efficiency: Predictability vs. Efficiency - Paperbackby Giorgio C. Buttazzo (Author), Giuseppe Lipari (Author), Luca Abeni (Author) This monograph presents state of the art techniques for building flexible, predictable soft real time systems, that, in comparison to hard real time systems, optimize resources and reduce costs. It provides background and basic terminology of soft real time computing, and goes on to discuss overload management techniques, temporal protection, the execution of multi thread