A modification of two graph-decomposition theorems based on a vertex-removing synchronised graph product

TL;DR

This paper relaxes the conditions of existing graph-decomposition theorems based on the vertex-removing synchronised product, enabling more flexible decompositions for applications in synchronising real-time processes.

Contribution

It introduces relaxed versions of two graph-decomposition theorems based on VRSP, broadening their applicability in real-time process synchronization.

Findings

Relaxed conditions allow more graph decompositions.

Theorems enable better process synchronization with fewer context switches.

Potential for improved real-time system performance.

Abstract

Recently, we have introduced two graph-decomposition theorems based on a new graph product (the vertex-removing synchronised product (VRSP)), motivated by applications in the context of synchronising periodic real-time processes. In these applications, periodic real-time processes synchronise over actions that have the same label and therefore the same behaviour. From a process-algebraic point of view, such a synchronising action is executed atomically and at the same time by all processes that have this action in their alphabet. But, when these processes are executed on some computer platform, synchronisation leads to context switches of the processes and therefore an increased overhead, which may lead to deadline misses. But, by combining processes we reduce the number of context switches and therefore reduce the overhead. We combine these processes by representing the processes by edge-labelled acyclic directed multi-graphs, and multiply the graphs by the VRSP. Next, we transpose the resulting graphs into processes for which there are less context switches. An important aspect of these real-time applications is that they must execute in time. Still, it may happen that the set of processes of the application cannot execute timely and may miss a deadline. Now, by decomposing the graphs and multiplying the graphs by the VRSP in another combination, the processes that are represented by these recombined graphs may execute in time. The requirements of the recently introduced graph-decomposition theorems are too strict and can be relaxed, whereby more graphs can be decomposed giving more possible combinations for the real-time application. Therefore, we recall the definition of the VRSP and the two graph-decomposition theorems, we relax the requirements by stating and proving two lemmas and use these lemmas to state and prove these two (relaxed) graph-decomposition theorems.