Beschreibung
Inhaltsangabe8 Computer Complexes.- 1. Synopsis.- 2. The Several Configurations of the Computer Complex.- 2.1. Definitions.- 2.2. The Design Problem.- 2.3. The Design Process.- 3. Translation Criteria.- 3.1. Special-Purpose Hardware.- 3.2. Evolution of the Semantic Configuration.- 3.3 Semantic vs. Syntactic Configurations.- 4. Processor Graphs.- 4.1. Relations.- 4.2. Matrix Representation of Graphs.- 4.3. Idempotency Property.- 4.4. Equivalence Relations.- 4.5. Partial Ordering.- 4.6. Further Definitions.- 4.7. Loop Connections and Equivalence.- 4.8. Predecessors and Successors.- 4.9. Dependent and Independent Node Sets.- 4.10. Applications.- 4.11. Extensions and Generalizations.- 5. Partitions.- 5.1. Extensive and Functional Partitions.- 5.2. General Advantages and Disadvantages.- 5.3. Partitions in Hardware.- 5.4. Partitions in Software.- 5.5. Mixed Partitions.- 5.6. Crossed Partitions.- 6. The Internal Communication Structure of Multicomputer Complexes.- 6.1. Generic Internal Communication Topologies.- 6.2. Channel Structures.- 6.3. Communication Analysis.- 6.4. Memory Placement and Communications.- 7. Summary.- 8. Problems.- 9. References.- 9 The Executive Processor.- 1. Synopsis.- 2. System Functions.- 2.1. The Executive.- 2.2. Job Control-Accountability.- 2.3. Scheduling and Optimization.- 2.4. Priority, Authority, Security, and Privacy.- 2.5. Operations Monitoring, Statistics, and Accounting.- 2.6. Operations.- 2.7. Maintenance.- 2.8. Memory Management.- 2.9. Queue Control.- 2.10. I/O Control and Buffering.- 2.11. File Management.- 2.12. Communication.- 2.13. Viability.- 2.14. The Firmware Library.- 3. The Executive Processor.- 3.1. Executive Parameters.- 3.2. The Isochronous Executive.- 3.3. The Asynchronous Executive.- 3.4. The Anisochronous Executive.- 3.5. The Real Executive.- 3.6. The Cyclically Structured Executive.- 3.7. The Multilevel Executive.- 3.8. Determination of Level.- 3.9. Multicomputer Executive Structures.- 4. Job Control.- 4.1. Jobs and Tasks.- 4.2. Job Assessment.- 4.3. Error Control.- 4.4. Interjob Control.- 4.5. File Management Interface.- 4.6. Job Status.- 4.7. Accountability.- 5. Scheduling and Optimization.- 5.1. Objectives.- 5.2. System Status Tables.- 5.3. Optimization Methods and Goals.- 5.4. Spooling.- 6. Priority, Authority, Security, and Privacy.- 6.1. Priority.- 6.2. Authority and Security.- 7. Statistics, Operations Monitoring, and Accounting.- 7.1. Logging.- 7.2. Statistics.- 7.3. Accounting.- 8. Operation.- 8.1. Communications.- 8.2. Interpretation.- 8.3. Training Modes.- 9. Maintenance.- 10. Summary.- 11. Problems.- 12. References.- 10 The Nucleus.- 1. Synopsis.- 2. Memory Management.- 2.1. Why Memory Management?.- 2.2. Dynamic Storage Allocation.- 2.3. Segmentation and Paging.- 2.4. Memory Scheduling.- 3. Buffer Methods.- 3.1. What and Why.- 3.2. Fixed Overwriting Buffers.- 3.3. Alternating Buffers.- 3.4. Dynamic Buffers.- 3.5. Mixed Schemes.- 3.6. How Much? How Big?.- 3.7. Alert and Control.- 4. Queues.- 4.1. Why Queues?.- 4.2. Where and What.- 4.3. Dedicated Systems and Generalized Systems Queues.- 4.4. Queue Arrangements-Some Examples.- 4.5. Queue Length.- 4.6. Priorities and Queues.- 4.7. Queue Storage and Overflow.- 5. File Management.- 5.1. Basic Problems.- 5.2. File Structures.- 5.3. File Control.- 6. Communications.- 6.1. General Objectives and Elements.- 6.2. Lines and Signaling.- 6.3. Message Structure.- 6.4. Input.- 6.5. Header Analysis.- 6.6. Storage.- 6.7. Address Analysis and Routing.- 6.8. Message Exchange.- 6.9. Output.- 6.10. Channel Coordination and Signaling.- 6.11. Retrieval.- 6.12. Operations and Controls.- 6.13. Standardization.- 7. Summary.- 8. Problems.- 9. References.- 11 Viability.- 1. Synopsis.- 2. Basic Concepts.- 2.1. The Components of Viability.- 2.2. A Philosophy for Viability Design.- 2.3. Graceful Degradation.- 2.4. Definitions.- 3. The Measure of Viability.- 3.1. Mean Time between Failures.- 3.2. Mean Time to Repair.- 3.3. Availability.- 3.4. Performance and Pena
