Whitcomb, Louis LKoditschek, Daniel E2023-05-222023-05-221990-05-132008-07-08https://repository.upenn.edu/handle/20.500.14332/33620The performance of real-time distributed control systems is shown to depend critically on both communication and computation costs. A taxonomy for distributed system performance measurement is introduced. A roughly accurate method of performance prediction for simple systems is presented. Experimental results demonstrate the effects of communication protocols on real-world system performance.GRASPKodlabPresentation