Decision Sciences Journal
Volume 32, Number 1
Winter 2001
Evaluation of Embedded Intelligent Real-time Systems
Martha Grabowski
Department of Business, Le Moyne College, Syracuse, NY 13214
and Department of Decision Sciences and Engineering Systems,
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY 12180-3590, email:
grabowsk@mail.lemoyne.edu
Stephen D. Sanborn
General Electric Corporate Research & Development Center,
Schenectady, NY 12302
ABSTRACT. Over the past two decades, questions have
surfaced about the effectiveness and contribution of intelligent
systems to decision makers in a variety of settings. This paper
focuses on the evaluation challenges associated with intelligent
real-time software systems that are embedded in larger host systems.
With the proliferation of such systems in operational settings
such as aerospace, medical, manufacturing, and transportation
systems, increased attention to evaluations of such systems,
and to resulting software safety, is warranted. This paper describes
one such evaluation and proposes a set of evaluation criteria
for embedded intelligent real-time systems (EIRTS). Implications
of the evaluation and the evaluation criteria are discussed.
Subject Areas: Decision Support Systems, Embedded Systems,
Evaluation, Expert Systems, Intelligent Systems, Knowledge-based
Systems, Performance Evaluation, Real-time Systems, Ship Navigation,
Software Performance, and Technology Impact. |