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Fall 2000, MCS4663: Operating Systems, Section 02

Chan-Jin Chung

Department of Math. and Computer Science

Lawrence Tech University

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Syllabus

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Java Source Codes

Announcement

The instructor usually closes his office door. (It is too noisy to open the door because the office is close to the entrance and the copy room.) Please knock the door during scheduled office hour, if the door is closed.

Homework Programming Assignment #1: See class handout

Homework Assignment #1

• Due on Thursday September 28, 5:45pm
• 4 points out of 200
• Exercises from the text book
  • Ex. 1.4, page 20
  • Ex. 1.5, page 21
  • Ex. 1.9, page 21
  • Ex. 2.3, page 46
  • Ex. 2.5, page 46
  • Ex. 2.8, page 46
  • Ex. 2.9, page 47
  • Ex. 3.10, page 84

Homework Programming Assignment 21 and 22: See class handout

Homework Programming Submission Rules

• Hard copy of source code files and a floppy disk with source files in a manila envelope.
• Your name on the envelope and on the disk.
• Diskette must include a valid *.jpr file to compile and run your programs on the disk.
• Must follow programming standards such as comments, indentation, and naming rules.

Quiz #1:

• Oct. 10
• 25 points (not 30 points)
• OS History, Chapter 1-4
• Style: True or False, Definitions, Fill in the blank(s), etc.
• Java Basics

Prog HW 3 and 4: Due Thu. 10-19

Class Changes

• 10-24 and 10-26: Comp. Net. by Dr. Kuofie from 5:45-8:25pm.
• 10-31 and 11-2: OS by Dr. Chung from 5:45-8:25pm.

OS Midterm: Thu. Nov. 9

Prog HW 5 and 6: Due Thu. 11-2

HW #2

• Due on Thu Nov 9, 7:10pm
• 8 points
• Exercises from the text book
  • Ex. 4.8, page 121 (Use pascal-like pseudo code; 2.5 points)
  • Ex. 5.2, page 150 (0.5 point)
  • Ex. 5.3, page 150 (2 points)
  • Ex. 5.4, page 151 (2 points)
  • Ex. 5.7, page 151 (0.5 point)
  • Ex. 5.8, page 152 (0.5 point)

Prog HW 5 (Due. Nov. 30, 20 points)

The solution to the readers-writers problem does not prevent waiting writers from starving: If the database is currently being read and there is a waiting writer, subsequent readers will be allowed to read the database before the writer can write. Modify the solution such that it does not starve waiting writers. Implement two versions in Java. One using semaphores and the other using "synchronized" Java keyword.

Prog HW 8 (Due. Dec. 5, 7 points)

Prog HW 9 (Due. Dec. 12, 10 points)

Prog HW10 (Due. Dec. 19, 10+? points)