This book summarizes the results of the Swedish national real-time systems research initiative ARTES and provides a few representative examples of the science and scientific results that have emerged from ARTES. ARTES was supported by the Swedish Foundation for Strategic Research (SSF) with totally 95 million SEK from 1998 to 2006. ARTES has united and enforced the Swedish research community in real-time and embedded systems, and has been instrumental in advancing Sweden'sThis book summarizes the results of the Swedish national real-time systems research initiative ARTES and provides a few representative examples of the science and scientific results that have emerged from ARTES. ARTES was supported by the Swedish Foundation for Strategic Research (SSF) with totally 95 million SEK from 1998 to 2006. ARTES has united and enforced the Swedish research community in real-time and embedded systems, and has been instrumental in advancing Sweden's international position in this area. ARTES has provided a catalytic effect and loose coordination of a total research effort many times larger than the funding provided by SSF. This has created important synergies between disciplines, enforced industrial relevance in the research, and provided important academic and industrial networking for approximately 100 senior researchers and some 200 post-graduate students. international position in this area. ARTES has provided a catalytic effect and loose coordination of a total research effort many times larger than the funding provided by SSF. This has created important synergies between disciplines, enforced industrial relevance in the research, and provided important academic and industrial networking for approximately 100 senior researchers and some 200 post-graduate students.