PPT Slide
Scheduling:
- Round Robin - Take turns with the resource; 10-minute video game analogy (Figure 8.3).
- Round Robin lends itself well to preempted resources.
- Round Robin scheduling of processes in an operating system is preferred, since preemption of the CPU is relatively cheap.
Preemptive Scheduling Methods
- All follow the classic process flow diagram (Figure 8.4) with a timer enforcing preemption.
- The Dispatcher() selects a new candidate from the ready queue; we are interested in the selection method.