Preface
This book has its origins in Jean Bacon's Concurrent Systems editions 1 and 2. Edition 3 was created recently, specifically for the Open University of the UK who have used the book for their course 'Software Systems and their Development' (M301) since 1999. That course does not require a detailed treatment of operating systems' design with case studies and those parts of Concurrent Systems were removed in its third edition.
This book extends the treatment of operating systems, making it even more appropriate for the standard Operating Systems curriculum. Editions 1 and 2 of Concurrent Systems established the fundamental principles which are necessary for understanding software systems. Features of Operating Systems: Concurrent and Distributed ...
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