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Thesis
Supporting Real-Time Communications with Standard Factory-Floor Networks HURRAY-TR-9917 
Eduardo TovarPhD Thesis. 1, May, 1999. Porto, Portugal.
Journal Papers
Communication Response Time in P-NET Networks: Worst-Case Analysis Considering the Actual Token Utilisation HURRAY-TR-9901 
Francisco Vasques, Alan Burns, Eduardo TovarJournal of Real-Time-Systems, Kluwer Academic Publishers. 1, May, 2002, Volume 22, Issue 3, pp 229-249.
Distributed Computing for the Factory-floor: a Real-Time Approach Using WorldFIP Networks HURRAY-TR-0020 
Eduardo Tovar, Francisco VasquesComputers in Industry, Elesevier Science. 4, Dec, 2000, Volume 44, Issue 1, pp 11-30.
Real-Time Fieldbus Communications Using Profibus Networks HURRAY-TR-9823 
Eduardo Tovar, Francisco VasquesIEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, IEEE IES. Dec 1999, Volume 46, Issue 6, pp 1241-1251.
Cycle Time Properties of the PROFIBUS Timed Token Protocol HURRAY-TR-9916 
Eduardo Tovar, Francisco VasquesComputer Communications, Elsevier Science. 25, Aug, 1999, Volume 22, Issue 13, pp 1206-1216.
Supporting Real-Time Distributed Computer-Controlled Systems with Multi-hop P-NET Networks HURRAY-TR-9911 
Alan Burns, Francisco Vasques, Eduardo TovarControl Engineering Practice, Elsevier Science.. Aug 1999, Volume 7, Issue 8, pp 1015-1025.
Conference or Workshop Papers/Talks
Engineering Real-Time Applications with WorldFIP: analysis and tools HURRAY-TR-9912 
Eduardo Tovar, Francisco Vasques, Luis Miguel Pinho4th IFAC International Symposium on Intelligent Components and Instruments for Control Applications (SICICA'2000), Pergamon. 13, Sep, 2000, pp 297-302. Buenos Aires.
Non Pre-Emptive Scheduling of Messages on SMTV Token-Passing Networks HURRAY-TR-9924 
Eduardo Tovar, Francisco Vasques12th IEEE Euromicro Conference on Real-Time Systems. 19, Jun, 2000, pp 209-218. Stockholm, Sweden.
Using WorldFIP Networks to Support Periodic and Sporadic Traffic HURRAY-TR-9921 
Eduardo Tovar, Francisco Vasques25th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society (IECON'99), IEEE. 29, Nov, 1999, 3, pp 1216-1221. San José, U.S.A..
Guaranteeing DCCS Timing Requirements Using P-NET Networks HURRAY-TR-9920 
Artur Cardoso, Eduardo Tovar, Francisco Vasques7th IEEE Conference on Emerging Technologies and Factory Automation (ETFA'99), IEEE. 18, Oct, 1999, 2, pp 831-840. Barcelona, Spain.
Analysis of the Worst-Case Real Token Rotation Time in Profibus Networks HURRAY-TR-9919 
Eduardo Tovar, Francisco Vasques3rd International Conference on Fieldbus Systems and their Applications (FET'99), Springer Vienna. 23 to 24, Sep, 1999, 9, pp 359-366. Magdeburg, Germany.
Contributions to the Worst-Case Response Time Analysis of Real-Time Sporadic Traffic in WorldFIP Networks HURRAY-TR-9910 
Eduardo Tovar, Francisco VasquesWork in Progress Session, 11th IEEE Euromicro Conference on Real-Time Systems (RTS’99). 9, Jun, 1999, pp 17-20. York, United Kingdom.
Adding Local Priority-Based Dispatching Mechanisms to P-NET Networks: a Fixed Priority Approach HURRAY-TR-9907 
Alan Burns, Eduardo Tovar, Francisco Vasques11th IEEE Euromicro Conference on Real-Time Systems, IEEE Computer Society. 9, Jun, 1999, pp 175-184. York, United Kingdom.
Engineering Real-Time Applications with P-NET Networks HURRAY-TR-9915 
Eduardo Tovar, Francisco Vasques6th P-NET Conference. May 1999. Vienna, Austria.
From Task Scheduling in Single Processor Environments to Message Scheduling in a Profibus Fieldbus Network HURRAY-TR-9902 
Eduardo Tovar, Francisco Vasques7th International Workshop on Parallel and Distributed Real-Time Systems (WPDRTS'99). Apr 1999. San Juan, Puerto Rico.Also Published as Lecture Notes on Computer Science by Springer-Verlag, No. 1586, April 1999, pp. 339-352.
Evaluating P-NET Message's Response Time with Fixed Priority Queuing at Application Process Level HURRAY-TR-9821 
Alan Burns, Eduardo Tovar, Francisco VasquesWork in Progress Session, 19th IEEE Real-Time Systems Symposium (RTSS'98). 4, Dec, 1998, pp 19-22. Madrid, Spain.Also Available as Technical Report UNL-CSE-98-002 from University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA
Setting Target Rotation Time in Profibus Based Real-Time Distributed Applications HURRAY-TR-9807 
Eduardo Tovar, Francisco Vasques15th IFAC Workshop on Distributed Computer Control Systems (DCCS'98). 9, Sep, 1998, pp 1-6. Como, Italy.Published as Distributed Computer Control Systems 1998 by Elsevier Science, January 1999
A Communication Support for Real-Time Distributed Computer Controlled Systems HURRAY-TR-9809 
Eduardo Tovar, Francisco VasquesIEE International Workshop Discrete Event Systems (WODES'98). 26, Aug, 1998, pp 178-183. Cagliari, Italy.
Enhancing P-NET Real-Time Properties Using Priority Queuing Mechanisms HURRAY-TR-9808 
Eduardo Tovar, Francisco VasquesWork in Progress Session, 4th IEEE Real-Time Technologies and Applications Symposium. 3, Jun, 1998, pp 27-30. Denver, U.S.A..Also Available as Technical Report BUCS-TR-98-013 from Boston University, USA.
Technical Reports
Schedulability Analysis of Tasks in Single Processor Systems: Review of Relevant Work HURRAY-TR-9913 
Eduardo Tovar1, Apr, 1999.
Real-time Communications with Fieldbus Networks: Review of Relevant Work HURRAY-TR-9914 
Eduardo Tovar1, Apr, 1999.
Factory Communications: On the Configuration of the WorldFIP Bus Arbitrator Table HURRAY-TR-9909 
Eduardo Tovar, Francisco Vasques1, Mar, 1999.