Part I: Methods, Models and Tools.- 1. Extending UML for Electronic System Design: A Code Generation Perspective.- 2. Executable Specifications for Heterogeneous Embedded Systems: An Answer to the Design of Complex Systems.- 3. Towards Autonomous Scalable Integrated Systems.- 4. On Software Simulation for MPSoC: A Modeling Approach for Functional Validation and Performance Estimation.- 5. Models for Co-design of Heterogeneous Dynamically Reconfigurable...