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Advanced concepts in operating systems :

Singhal, Mukesh.

Advanced concepts in operating systems : distributed, database, and multiprocessor operating systems / Mukesh Singhal, and Niranjan G. Shivaratri. - New York : McGraw-Hill, c1994. - xxii, 522 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. - McGraw-Hill series in computer science .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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

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



007057572X (acidfree paper) :

93029812


Operating systems (Computers)

QA76.76.O63 / S565 1994

005.43 / SIA 1994