This book provides a good opportunity for software engineering practitioners and researchers to
get in sync with the current state-of-the-art and future trends in component-based embedded
software research. The book is based on a selective compilation of papers that cover the
complete component-based embedded software spectrum ranging from methodology to tools.
Methodology aspects covered by the book include functional and non-functional specification
validation verification and component architecture. As tools are a critical success factor in
the transfer from academia-generated knowledge to industry-ready technology an important part
of the book is devoted to tools. This state-of-the-art survey contains 16 carefully selected
papers organised in topical sections on specification and verification component compatibility
component architectures implementation and tool support as well as non-functional properties.
