Principles of Operating Systems: Design and Applications

Principles of Operating Systems is an in-depth look at the internals of operating systems. It includes chapters on general principles of process management, memory management, I/O device management, and file systems. Each major topic area also includes a chapter surveying the approach taken by nine examples of operating systems. Setting this book apart are chapters that examine in detail selections of the source code for the Inferno operating system and the Linux operating system.

Brian L. Stuart teaches Computer Science at Drexel University. He has also taught at Rhodes College and the University of Memphis. His professional experience also includes work in industries ranging from telecommunications to data storage to agriculture to logistics. His current research is primarily focused on the ENIAC.