March 1988 - Vol. 31 No. 3
Features
Special section on operating systems
This special collection of articles examines recent research in operating systems, focusing on particular systems and projects that are seminal and representative. The…
Interconnecting heterogeneous computer systems
A software structure created by the Heterogeneous Computer Systems (HCS) Project at the University of Washington was designed to address the problems of heterogeneity…
On synchronization in hard-real-time systems
The design of software for hard-real-time systems is usually difficult to change because of the constraints imposed by the need to meet absolute real-time deadlines on…
The Cedar File System (CFS) is a workstation file system that provides access to both a workstation's local disk and to remote file servers via a single hierarchical name…
Distributed programming in Argus
Argus—a programming language and system developed to support the implementation and execution of distributed programs—provides mechanisms that help…
The V distributed System was developed at Stanford University as part of a research project to explore issues in distributed systems. Aspects of the design suggest…
Self-assessment procedure XVIII: fundamentals of data communications
A self-assessment procedure dealing with the fundamentals of data communications
Impact of system response time on state anxiety
Recent research has shown that user satisfaction and productivity are affected by system response time. Our purpose is to provide the results of empirical research on…
We present a novel, yet straightforward linear-time algorithm for merging two sorted lists in a fixed amount of additional space. Constant of proportionality estimates…