Embedded control systems are widely used in home and industrial sectors, including consumer electronics; household devices; ventilating, heating, and cooling systems; security systems; medical systems; systems for flight, maritime, and automobile travel. Though time to market grows shorter and shorter, the development process is often challenging since failure of these devices can be critical to human safety. While time to market grows shorter and shorter, embedded control systems must meet requirements of usability, functionality, and temporal properties. This book guides engineers on the development and deployment of both static (manual) and dynamic (automatic) reconfigurable embedded control systems. The 20 chapters describe real world situations and offer solutions which can be applied in industry. Contributors include over 40 distinguished engineers, scholars, and researchers from around the world. Includes a professional biography for each contributor, and summary for each chapter. Annotation ©2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)