moss (Modern Operating Systems Simulators) is a collection of Java-based simulation programs which illustrate key concepts presented in the text Andrew S. Tanenbaum, Modern Operating System, Second Edition (Prentice-Hall, 2001). The software is designed for students and instructors using this text. Additional supplemental material for this and other Tanenbaum texts is available from the author's site.
moss was written by Ray Ontko and Alexander Reeder with advice from Andrew S. Tanenbaum and support from Prentice-Hall.
Send comments, suggestions, enhancements to Ray Ontko (rayo@ontko.com).
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Note: all documentation is included with the installation archive files.
Note: all documentation is included with the installation archive files.
Note: all documentation is included with the installation archive files.
Also, Alejandro Pérez Reyna, Juan Luis Gutierrez Pallares, and Ricardo Bautista Santacruz of Benemérita Universidad Autonoma de Puebla, México, provide a simulation of Belady's Anomaly.
Note: all documentation is included with the installation archive files.
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