On the automatic configuration of application-oriented operating systems

Summary form only given. This paper presents an alternative to achieve automatic run-time system generation based on the application oriented systems design method. Our approach relies on a static configuration mechanism that allows the generation of optimized versions of the operating system for particular classes of applications, promoting a better utilization of available resources. The EPOS operating system, with its strategies and tools, is taken as a case-study along the text to exemplify and corroborate the proposed ideas.