Advanced Concepts In Operating Systems

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Edition: 1st
Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 1994-01-01
Publisher(s): McGraw-Hill Science/Engineering/Math
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Summary

Operating systems have evolved substantially over the past two decades, and there is a need for a book which can explain major developments and changes in this dynamic field. This is such a book. Comprehensive, and useful as a text and reference, Advanced Concepts in Operating Systems lays down all the concepts and mechanisms involved in the design of advanced operating systems. The discussion is reinforced by many examples and cases

Table of Contents

Part One: Process Synchronization

1 Overview

2 Synchronization Mechanisms

3 Process Deadlocks

Part Two: Distributed Operating Systems

4 Architectures of Distributed Systems

5 Theoretical Foundations

6 Distributed Mutual Exclusion

7 Distributed Deadlock Detection

8 Agreement Protocols

Part Three: Distributed Resource Management

9 Distributed File Systems

10 Distributed Share Memory

11 Distributed Scheduling

Part Four: Failure Recovery and Fault Tolerance

12 Recovery

13 Fault Tolerance

Part Five: Protection and Security

14 Resource Security and Protection Access and Flow Control

15 Data Security Cryptography

Part Six: Multiprocessor Operating Systems

16 Multiprocessor System Architectures

17 Multiprocessor Operating Systems

Part Seven: Database Operating Systems

18 Introduction to Database Operating Systems

19 Concurrency Control Theoretical Aspects

20 Concurrency Control

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