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Concurrent Systems: Operating Systems, Database and Distributed Systems - An Integrated Approach (International Computer Science Series) (Paperback)

by Jean Bacon (Author)
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The second edition of Concurrent Systems presents a modern approach to software systems, ideally suited to the needs of today's students and programmers. It focuses on theose concepts in concurrency that play a vital role in the design of operating systems, database systems, distributed systems and communication networks.



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A unified approach to operating systems & database concepts
This book answers the need for a textbook on concurrent programming which serves to integrate operating systems and database concepts, and provides a foundation for later study in these areas. It goes on to provide further material on distributed systems which have become increasingly popular with the advent of the Internet and WWW, the object-oriented approach to design is now securely established.

It uses Window environments more prominently as an example of concurrent processes and multi-threaded processes. It includes coverage of security and protection throughout to make the book more self-standing as an operating systems text.

Examples are designed to give integrated perspective to operating systems and database applications. Programming examples are not confined to a single language so will accommodate students from a wide range of backgrounds.

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2.0 out of 5 stars Indigestible yet nourishing breakfast!, 22 Jul 2004
By ams24, MBCS (United Kingdom) - See all my reviews
Bacon's knowledge of the subject is splendid. Indeed, for content, this book is almost untouchable (save for the works of Silberschatz et al. - and Silberschatz does not cover concurrency with anything approaching the same precision). However, the real, big problem with this book is that it is just so un-reader-friendly (again, contrast with the elegant readability of Silberschatz). Accessibility, usability, and affordence are not words that spring to mind in the context of Bacon's book.

That said, I read the text as part of my degree (The OU's flagship M301 Software Systems course), and I will admit to having lent my copy to several colleagues at a software house I worked at a year or two later. The general industry understanding of concurrency would seem to lie some way behind Bacon's knowledge.

I keep Bacon on my study bookcase for reference; the fact remains, however, as other reviewers have observed, that the book is riddled with looping subroutine calls to refer to another chapter in the midst of almost every paragraph. For information and knowledge, it is indeed an extremely large nugget of pure gold. Unfortunately, the ease with which it may be chewed, swallowed and digested also compares with the same large piece of yellow metal.

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1.0 out of 5 stars Great cure for insomnia, Don't buy it!, 2 Jan 2003
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This is a set book for the Open University course M301. Ms Bacon gives the impression she knows what she's talking about. But presents the information in such a cryptic and boring style you will have trouble staying awake.

Great cure for insomnia, other than that STAY AWAY from this book.

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2.0 out of 5 stars Very interesting, but VERY hard to read, 6 May 2000
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I would actually have given the book 4 stars if it wasn't for the fact that it is so hard to read; the subject matter is actually very interesting but it is exceedingly hard to locate the relevant facts, as most of the time they are surrounded by cross-references to other parts of the book and 'mini-summaries', as for example 'xxxx which we discussed in chapter 13 and decided that <summary of what we discussed> so now we will look at it further, plus also see 14.2.8' (regrettably I am not exaggerating here). It also contains a lot more errors than I would expect to see in a textbook - but then perhaps the proofreader fell asleep, hypnotised by the continual repetition of 'as mentioned in chapter x'. I have learnt a great deal from this book but it has been a real slog to pick out the facts from the waffle, and I have made copious notes since I would find it impossible to revise from.

What probably sums it up is that if this wasn't a set book (for an OU course) then I would not have bothered to persevere with it.

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1.0 out of 5 stars A Real Headache
Like many of the other reviewers, I read this book back in 2003 as part of the Open University M301 course. Read more
Published 6 months ago by Mr. G. W. Jordan

4.0 out of 5 stars A detailed and thorough examination of the subject at hand.
Most people who are writing reviews for this book will have studied the Open University's benchmark Computer Science course M301 Software Systems and their development. Read more
Published 15 months ago by Winston Fahrenheit

1.0 out of 5 stars A real chore
Without a doubt, the WORST textbook I have had the misfortune to read.

Bacon completely lacks any ability to order her thinking or the content of the book. Read more
Published 21 months ago by G. Flecknell

5.0 out of 5 stars Very Good Book
After reading some of the previous notes relating to this book I thought it would be a good idea to write my own. Read more
Published on 11 Aug 2006 by Mr. D. Bruce

1.0 out of 5 stars Totally Useless
Giving this book one star is just for content alone.

Confusing, boring and difficult to understand. I needed it for my M301 course with the Open University. Read more

Published on 15 Jun 2004

1.0 out of 5 stars Avoid!
This is like a book version of that video in the Japanese horror film "The Ring". Read just one page and part of your brain will be dead within seven days...
Published on 29 Dec 2003 by P. S. Ball

3.0 out of 5 stars Concurrency in one long (prison?) sentence
The depth of the book is breathtaking, theres so much in there. Bacon obviously know her subject well, but has trouble with basic grammatical constructs like sentences and... Read more
Published on 16 Oct 2003

3.0 out of 5 stars Truly concurrent
Being her(Jean Bacon) student on the 'Concurrent System' course, this book was *so* on our recommended reading list. Read more
Published on 10 Feb 2002 by iuhh

4.0 out of 5 stars Bacon's style is a model of precision and clarity
I used this book as a set reader for an OU course.I found it invaluable and still use it as a reference. Bacon has a good grasp of her subject. Read more
Published on 28 Dec 2001

1.0 out of 5 stars The WORST Book writtern in the Computer World
I read this book and it is unbelievably 'over complicated'... Great if you have problems sleeping. Jean Bacon obviously knows what she's on about, it's a shame no one else does... Read more
Published on 5 Sep 2001

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