Internationally renowned experts provide tools, based on theoretical results, which are useful for the design and implementation of operating systems for parallel and distributed systems. Presents the latest methodologies and techniques used for general scheduling along with the newest models including cyclic scheduling and scheduling with communication. Describes the important effects of deterministic and stochastic scheduling.
Philippe Chrétienne is the editor of Scheduling Theory and Its Applications, published by Wiley. Edward Grady "Ed" Coffman Jr. is a computer scientist. He began his career as a systems programmer at the System Development Corporation during the period 1958-1965.