Implementation and evaluation of alternative process schedulers in MINIX

Abstract

Minix is a Unix clone Operating System, designed by Tanembaum ([2],[3]) to allow beginners to do practical training in Operating Systems area.In this context the present paper describes the work done by a group of students implementing alternative process schedulers disciplines and their evaluation comparing performance estimates.Some unexpected deviations in the original implementation (Minix V. 1.0), found during software development, are also reported.

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Index Terms

• Software and its engineering

  • Software organization and properties

    • Contextual software domains

      • Operating systems

        • Process management

          • Scheduling