<s>
Deadline-monotonic	O
priority	O
assignment	O
is	O
a	O
priority	O
assignment	O
policy	O
used	O
with	O
fixed-priority	B-Operating_System
pre-emptive	I-Operating_System
scheduling	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
task	B-General_Concept
with	O
the	O
shortest	O
deadline	O
is	O
assigned	O
the	O
highest	O
priority	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
All	O
tasks	O
have	O
worst-case	B-General_Concept
execution	I-General_Concept
times	I-General_Concept
(	O
WCET	B-General_Concept
)	O
that	O
are	O
less	O
than	O
or	O
equal	O
to	O
their	O
deadlines	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
All	O
tasks	O
are	O
independent	O
,	O
and	O
so	O
do	O
not	O
block	O
each	O
other	O
's	O
execution	B-General_Concept
(	O
e.g.	O
,	O
by	O
accessing	O
mutually	O
exclusive	O
shared	B-General_Concept
resources	I-General_Concept
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
No	O
task	B-General_Concept
voluntarily	O
suspends	O
itself	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Scheduling	O
overheads	O
(	O
switching	O
from	O
one	O
task	B-General_Concept
to	O
another	O
)	O
are	O
zero	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
All	O
tasks	O
have	O
zero	O
release	O
jitter	O
(	O
the	O
time	O
from	O
the	O
task	B-General_Concept
arriving	O
to	O
it	O
becoming	O
ready	O
to	O
execute	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
