Control-Scheduling Codesign: A Perspective on Integrating Control and Computing

TL;DR

This paper reviews the emerging control-scheduling codesign methodology that integrates feedback control with real-time computing to improve embedded system performance amid resource constraints and workload uncertainties.

Contribution

It provides a comprehensive overview of the state of the art, discusses research efforts, and outlines open issues in integrating control and computing systems.

Findings

Summarizes current research efforts in control-scheduling codesign.

Identifies key challenges and open research issues.

Highlights the potential benefits of integrated control and computing approaches.

Abstract

Despite rapid evolution, embedded computing systems increasingly feature resource constraints and workload uncertainties. To achieve much better system performance in unpredictable environments than traditional design approaches, a novel methodology, control-scheduling codesign, is emerging in the context of integrating feedback control and real-time computing. The aim of this work is to provide a better understanding of this emerging methodology and to spark new interests and developments in both the control and computer science communities. The state of the art of control-scheduling codesign is captured. Relevant research efforts in the literature are discussed under two categories, i.e., control of computing systems and codesign for control systems. Critical open research issues on integrating control and computing are also outlined.