Tabla de Contenidos: “…Slowing down programs using threads -- Example -- Breaking it down -- Getting the total number of active threads -- Example -- Breaking it down -- Getting the current thread -- Example -- Breaking it down -- Main thread -- Example -- Breaking it down -- Enumerating all threads -- Example -- Breaking it down -- Identifying threads -- Example -- Breakdown -- Ending a thread -- Best practice in stopping threads -- Example -- Output -- Orphan processes -- How does the operating system handle threads -- Creating processes versus threads -- Example -- Breaking it down -- Multithreading models -- One-to-one thread mapping -- Many-to-one -- Many-to-many -- Summary -- Chapter 4: Synchronization between Threads -- Synchronization between threads -- The Dining Philosophers -- Example -- Output -- Race conditions -- Process execution sequence -- The solution -- Critical sections -- Filesystem -- Life-critical systems -- Shared resources and data races -- The join method -- Breaking it down -- Putting it together -- Locks -- Example -- Breaking it down -- RLocks -- Example -- Breaking it down -- Output -- RLocks versus regular locks -- Condition -- Definition -- Example -- Our publisher -- Our subscriber -- Kicking it off -- The results -- Semaphores -- Class definition -- Example -- The TicketSeller class -- Output -- Thread race -- Bounded semaphores -- Events -- Example -- Breaking it down -- Barriers -- Example -- Breaking it down -- Output -- Summary -- Chapter 5: Communication between Threads -- Standard data structures -- Sets -- Extending the class -- Exercise - extending other primitives -- Decorator -- Class decorator -- Lists -- Queues -- FIFO queues -- Example -- Breaking it down -- Output -- LIFO queues -- Example -- Breaking it down -- Output -- PriorityQueue -- Example -- Breakdown -- Output -- Queue objects -- Full/empty queues -- Example…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- Part 4 How Companies Optimize Operations -- Chapter 14 Turning Up Clues in Turnover and Assets -- Exploring Inventory Valuation Methods -- Applying Three Inventory Valuation Methods -- Average costing -- FIFO -- LIFO -- How to compare inventory methods and financial statements -- Determining Inventory Turnover…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Exercise 9.3 Creating and Managing Threads II -- Multiple Instances -- Exercise 9.4 Multiple Thread Instances -- Time Management -- Time Delay -- Waiting for an Event -- Exercise 9.5 Time Management -- Virtual Timers -- Exercise 9.6 Virtual Timer -- Sub-Millisecond Delays -- Idle Demon -- Exercise 9.7 Idle Thread -- Inter-Thread Communication -- Signals -- Exercise 9.8 Signals -- Semaphores -- Exercise 9.9 Semaphore Signaling -- Using Semaphores -- Signaling -- Multiplex -- Exercise 9.10 Multiplex -- Rendezvous -- Exercise 9.11 Rendezvous -- Barrier Turnstile -- Exercise 9.12 Semaphore Barrier -- Semaphore Caveats -- Mutex -- Exercise 9.13 Mutex -- Mutex Caveats -- Data Exchange -- Message Queue -- Exercise 9.14 Message Queue -- Memory Pool -- Exercise 9.15 Memory Pool -- Mail Queue -- Exercise 9.16 Mailbox -- Configuration -- Thread Definition -- Kernel Debug Support -- System Timer Configuration -- Timeslice Configuration -- Scheduling Options -- Preemptive Scheduling -- Round-Robin Scheduling -- Round-Robin Preemptive Scheduling -- Cooperative Multitasking -- RTX Source Code -- RTX License -- Conclusion -- 10 RTOS Techniques -- Introduction -- RTOS and Interrupts -- RTOS Interrupt Handling -- Exercise 10.1 RTOS Interrupt Exercise Handling -- User Supervisor Functions -- Exercise 10.2 RTOS and User SVC Exceptions -- Power Management -- Power Management First Steps -- Power Management Strategy -- Watchdog Management -- Integrating ISRs -- Exercise 10.3 Power and Watchdog Management -- Startup Barrier -- Designing for Real Time -- Buffering Techniques-The Double or Circular Buffer -- Buffering Techniques FIFO Message Queue -- Balancing the Load -- Exercise 10.4 RTX Real Time -- Shouldering the Load, the Direct Memory Access Controller -- Designing for Debug -- Exercise 10.5 Run-Time Diagnostics -- Conclusion -- 11 Test Driven Development…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…1.10 OUTLINE OF THE REST OF THIS BOOK -- 1.11 METRIC UNITS -- 1.12 SUMMARY -- 2 PROCESSES AND THREADS -- 2.1 PROCESSES -- 2.1.1 The Process Model -- 2.1.2 Process Creation -- 2.1.3 Process Termination -- 2.1.4 Process Hierarchies -- 2.1.5 Process States -- 2.1.6 Implementation of Processes -- 2.1.7 Modeling Multiprogramming -- 2.2 THREADS -- 2.2.1 Thread Usage -- 2.2.2 The Classical Thread Model -- 2.2.3 POSIX Threads -- 2.2.4 Implementing Threads in User Space -- 2.2.5 Implementing Threads in the Kernel -- 2.2.6 Hybrid Implementations -- 2.2.7 Scheduler Activations -- 2.2.8 Pop-Up Threads -- 2.2.9 Making Single-Threaded Code Multithreaded -- 2.3 INTERPROCESS COMMUNICATION -- 2.3.1 Race Conditions -- 2.3.2 Critical Regions -- 2.3.3 Mutual Exclusion with Busy Waiting -- 2.3.4 Sleep and Wakeup -- 2.3.5 Semaphores -- 2.3.6 Mutexes -- 2.3.7 Monitors -- 2.3.8 Message Passing -- 2.3.9 Barriers -- 2.3.10 Avoiding Locks: Read-Copy-Update -- 2.4 SCHEDULING -- 2.4.1 Introduction to Scheduling -- 2.4.2 Scheduling in Batch Systems -- 2.4.3 Scheduling in Interactive Systems -- 2.4.4 Scheduling in Real-Time Systems -- 2.4.5 Policy Versus Mechanism -- 2.4.6 Thread Scheduling -- 2.5 CLASSICAL IPC PROBLEMS -- 2.5.1 The Dining Philosophers Problem -- 2.5.2 The Readers and Writers Problem -- 2.6 RESEARCH ON PROCESSES AND THREADS -- 2.7 SUMMARY -- 3 MEMORY MANAGEMENT -- 3.1 NO MEMORY ABSTRACTION -- 3.2 A MEMORY ABSTRACTION: ADDRESS SPACES -- 3.2.1 The Notion of an Address Space -- 3.2.2 Swapping -- 3.2.3 Managing Free Memory -- 3.3 VIRTUAL MEMORY -- 3.3.1 Paging -- 3.3.2 Page Tables -- 3.3.3 Speeding Up Paging -- 3.3.4 Page Tables for Large Memories -- 3.4 PAGE REPLACEMENT ALGORITHMS -- 3.4.1 The Optimal Page Replacement Algorithm -- 3.4.2 The Not Recently Used Page Replacement Algorithm -- 3.4.3 The First-In, First-Out (FIFO) Page Replacement Algorithm…”

“…What you will learn Get up to speed with the fundamentals including makefile, man pages, compilation, and linking and debugging Understand how to deal with time interfaces, signals, and CPU scheduling Develop your knowledge of memory management Use processes and threads for advanced synchronizations (mutexes and condition variables) Understand interprocess communications (IPC): pipes, FIFOs, message queues, shared memory, and TCP and UDP Discover how to interact with the console (console I/O) Who this book is for This book is for C++ developers who want to gain practical knowledge of systems programming. …”

“…• Sample journals and ledgers; examples of trial balances, income statements, and balance sheets • Custom functions, such as FIFO and LIFO, for inventory management • VBA routines that automate the creation of forecasts, quality control charts, and sales and marketing analysis • Statistical process control charts: P charts, X-and-S charts, X-and-MR charts • Forecasting tools: Seasonal smoothing and ARIMA model identification quote from the front cover “Conrad takes the time to give the readers an easy-to-follow step-by-step understanding of the material, accompanied by clear illustrations, making this an excellent book to learn the material. …”