The Little Book of Semaphores, Second Edition
Introduces the principles of synchronization for concurrent programming. Covers the classical problems, including Readers-writers, Producer-consumer, and Dining Philosophers, plus a number of not-so-classical problems.
Tag(s): Concurrent Programming
Publication date: 20 Mar 2009
ISBN-10: 1441418687
ISBN-13: 9781441418685
Paperback: 294 pages
Views: 25,454
Type: N/A
Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
License: GNU Free Documentation License
Post time: 20 Feb 2007 12:03:45
The Little Book of Semaphores, Second Edition
Allen B. Downey wrote:This is a Free Book, which means that anyone is welcome to read, copy, modify and redistribute it, subject to the restrictions of the license, which is the GNU Free Documentation License. I hope that people will find this book useful, but I also hope they will help continue to develop it by sending in corrections, suggestions, and additional material. Thanks!
About The Author(s)
Allen B. Downey (born May 11, 1967) is an American computer scientist, Professor of Computer Science at the Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering and writer of free textbooks. Downey received in 1989 his BS and in 1990 his MA, both in Civil Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and his PhD in Computer Science from the University of California at Berkeley in 1997.
Allen B. Downey (born May 11, 1967) is an American computer scientist, Professor of Computer Science at the Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering and writer of free textbooks. Downey received in 1989 his BS and in 1990 his MA, both in Civil Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and his PhD in Computer Science from the University of California at Berkeley in 1997.