Real-Time Task Scheduling Visualization Tool

A quick description of this topic area would be to create a program that generates task scheduling timelines like you drew in class and on the exam. This project is not implementing a real-time or embedded system, but rather thinking about one aspect of real-time systems and creating a simulation, i.e. the timeline. The program should have the following features:

• Allow for the specification of task sets within the program, and from file input
• Allow for modification of the current task set, and saving it to a file for persistent storage
• Provide a mechanism to specify the scheduling algorithm to use. Ideally, this can be done at runtime with new schedulers used without recompliation of the base system.
• Display a timeline of system operation showing the task execution on a timeline.
• Allow scrolling of the timeline
• Allow zooming the timeline in and out to adjust the detail level
• Allow tasks to be hidden, i.e. not displayed, on the timeline
• Identify any missed deadlines. Allow for the specification of the recovery approach after a missed deadline
• Display task priorities at any point in time

Deliverables

A zipfile containing the following material:

• A report in a Word file containing
  • Design of the visualization tool including class diagrams and sequence diagrams
  • Description of the scheduler interface that allows new scheduling algorithms to be added to the system
  • User manual for the program
• Source code for the visualization tool

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