An introduction to disk drive modeling Chris Ruemmler and John Wilkes Hewlett-Packard Laboratories, Palo Alto, CA Much research in I/O systems is based on disk drive simulation models, but how

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• Disk storage
• SCSI
• Disk controller
• Disk formatting
• Cache
• Hard disk drive
• Disk buffer
• Computer hardware
• Computing
• Computer storage media

CS140 Operating Systems and Systems Programming Midterm Exam February 11th, 2002 (Total time = 50 minutes, Total Points = 50) Name: (please print)______________________________ In recognition of and in the spirit of the

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• Concurrency control
• Operations research
• Planning
• Scheduling
• Thread
• Concurrent computing
• Monitor
• Lottery scheduling
• Scheduling algorithms
• Computing
• Computer programming

Networking Implementation Notes 4.4BSD Edition Samuel J. Leffler, William N. Joy, Robert S. Fabry, and Michael J. Karels Computer Systems Research Group Computer Science Division Department of Electrical Engineering and

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A Fast File System for UNIX* Marshall Kirk McKusick, William N. Joy†, Samuel J. Leffler‡, Robert S. Fabry Computer Systems Research Group Computer Science Division Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sc

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CS140 Operating Systems and Systems Programming Final Exam March 17, 2004 (Total time = 165 minutes, Total Points = 165) Name: (please print)______________________________ In recognition of and in the spirit of the Stanf

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• File system
• Inode
• Virtual memory
• Operating system
• Computing
• System software
• Computer architecture
• Operations research
• Planning
• Scheduling

Singularity: Rethinking the Software Stack Galen C. Hunt and James R. Larus Microsoft Research Redmond modern operating systems have not evolved to accommodate the enormous shift in how computers are

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Experience with Processes and Monitors in Mesa1 Butler W. Lampson Xerox Palo Alto Research Center David D. Redell Xerox Business Systems

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• Computer programming
• Monitor
• Concurrent Pascal
• Lock
• Deadlock
• Mutual exclusion
• Mesa
• Semaphore
• Parallel computing
• Concurrency control
• Computing
• Software engineering

Nature and Society: An Imperative for Integrated Environmental Research Ann P. Kinzig, John Antle, William Ascher, William Brock, Stephen Carpenter, F. Stuart Chapin III, Robert Costanza, Kathryn L. Cottingham, Michael

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• Environmental economics
• Environmental social science
• Systems ecology
• Ecological restoration
• Philosophy of biology
• Ecosystem services
• Ecology
• Ecosystem ecology
• Sustainability
• Environment
• Earth
• Knowledge

Model Predictive Control • linear convex optimal control • finite horizon approximation • model predictive control • fast MPC implementations

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• Operations research
• Optimal control
• Cybernetics
• Convex optimization
• Dynamic programming
• Linear-quadratic-Gaussian control
• Linear-quadratic regulator
• Mathematical optimization
• Control theory
• Systems theory

Approximate Dynamic Programming via Iterated Bellman Inequalities Yang Wang and Stephen Boyd Information Systems Laboratory, Electrical Engineering, Stanford University Stochastic Control

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• Equations
• Operations research
• Dynamic programming
• Cybernetics
• Optimal control
• Bellman equation
• Control theory
• Mathematical optimization
• Systems theory