The philosophers project is designed to explore concurrent computing and synchronization techniques. In this project, it was implemented the dining philosophers problem, a classic synchronization problem in computer science.
The philosophers project challenges you to simulate the dining philosophers problem using parallel threads. The problem involves a group of philosophers sitting around a dining table, each thinking and eating. However, to eat, a philosopher must use two forks, one on their left and one on their right. The goal is to design a solution that avoids deadlock and ensures that each philosopher gets a chance to eat without causing conflicts.
To get started with the Philosophers project, follow these steps:
- Clone the repository:
git clone git@github.com:beatrizdile/42sp-philosophers.git- Build the project:
makeThe dining philosophers problem is a classic example of a concurrent programming and synchronization problem. It explores challenges related to resource sharing, deadlock prevention, and avoiding race conditions. Each philosopher represents a concurrent thread, and the forks represent shared resources.
To run the simulation, execute the compiled philosophers program with the appropriate command-line arguments. Adjust the number of philosophers and timing parameters as needed.
./philosophers [number_of_philosophers] [time_to_die] [time_to_eat] [time_to_sleep] [optional: number_of_times_each_philosopher_must_eat]