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Banker's algorithm is a resource allocation and deadlock avoidance algorithm developed by Edsger Dijkstra that tests for safety by simulating the allocation of predetermined maximum possible amounts of all resources, and then makes an "s-state" check to test for possible deadlock conditions for all other pending activities, before deciding whether allocation should be allowed to continue.
Deadlock prevention techniques and algorithms Name Coffman conditions Description Banker's algorithm: Mutual exclusion: The Banker's algorithm is a resource allocation and deadlock avoidance algorithm developed by Edsger Dijkstra. Preventing recursive locks: Mutual exclusion: This prevents a single thread from entering the same lock more than once.
Distributed deadlocks can be detected either by constructing a global wait-for graph from local wait-for graphs at a deadlock detector or by a distributed algorithm like edge chasing. Phantom deadlocks are deadlocks that are falsely detected in a distributed system due to system internal delays but do not actually exist.
Edsger Wybe Dijkstra (/ ˈ d aɪ k s t r ə / DYKE-strə; Dutch: [ˈɛtsxər ˈʋibə ˈdɛikstraː] ⓘ; 11 May 1930 – 6 August 2002) was a Dutch computer scientist, programmer, software engineer, mathematician, and science essayist.
The Banker's algorithm is a resource allocation and deadlock avoidance algorithm developed by Edsger Dijkstra that tests for safety by simulating the allocation of predetermined maximum possible amounts of all resources, and then makes an "s-state" check to test for possible deadlock conditions for all other pending activities, before deciding ...
In computer science, the ostrich algorithm is a strategy of ignoring potential problems on the basis that they may be exceedingly rare. It is named after the ostrich effect which is defined as "to stick one's head in the sand and pretend there is no problem". It is used when it appears the situation may be more cost-effectively managed by ...
The banker's algorithm is one such algorithm, although it is neither especially good nor especially practical. Recursive locks are perfectly valid tools, and so do not need to be "prevented", and in any case have nothing to do with the deadlock issue: like any lock, they merely ensure that competing processes do not corrupt one another's data.
What does the Banker's rounding link have to do with deadlock avoidance? Nothing, but some who type Banker's algorithm to the search box may want to read about Banker's rounding instead of deadlock avoidance. Torzsmokus 17:28, 13 January 2008 (UTC)