Module: Scheduling

Learning Outcomes

Understand the need for scheduling at the OS level
Understand how scheduling impacts system performance and reactivity
Know standard scheduling algorithms/strategies and be able to apply them to job mixes
Gain hands-on experience implementing a Scheduling simulation in Java

Basic principles of OS scheduling

Lecture notes Reading: OSTEP 7

Practice Problems

Practice problems

Overview of what modern OSes do w.r.t. scheduling

Lecture notes Reading: OSTEP 8.1-3,6

Practice Problems

Practice problems

A pencil-and-paper assignment to make sure that you understand scheduling

Sample homework assignment No turn-in