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An engineering learn has been charged to design and build an embedded real-time control system using COTS (Commercial Off-The-Shelf) purchased components where possible A technical risk for such a control system is that the system will miss (i.e . fail to respond to) critical inputs The project has the additional risk that there may not be any components on the market that will meet both timing and cost constraints
Given this, what information must be in the model before the engineering team can begin selecting and procuring COTS components?
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The information in option E is necessary and sufficient for the engineering team to begin selecting and procuring COTS components for the embedded real-time control system. This information defines the timing and cost requirements and constraints for the system and its components, which are essential for evaluating and comparing the available COTS components. The other options are either incomplete or irrelevant for this purpose. For example, option A does not include the minimum period of time between critical inputs, the maximum number of critical inputs, or the cost information. Option B does not include the minimum period of time between critical inputs or the maximum number of critical inputs. Option C does not include the maximum number of critical inputs or the allocation of cost to system components. Option D does not include the maximum number of critical inputs.
