The Philosophers project is a multi-threading and synchronization project aimed at simulating the classical dining philosophers problem. The goal is to implement a solution in which a set of philosophers seated at a round table engage in actions of thinking and eating while avoiding deadlock and starvation.
To run the Philosophers project, you need:
- A C compiler (such as GCC or Clang)
- Basic understanding of concurrency and synchronization techniques
- Familiarity with POSIX threads and mutexes
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Clone the repository:
git clone <repository_url>
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Navigate to the project directory:
cd philosophers -
Compile the program:
make
To execute the program, run the following command:
./philo [number_of_philosophers] [time_to_die] [time_to_eat] [time_to_sleep] [number_of_times_each_philosopher_must_eat]Replace the placeholders with appropriate values:
[number_of_philosophers]: The number of philosophers seated at the table.[time_to_die]: The time (in milliseconds) after which a philosopher dies if they haven't eaten.[time_to_eat]: The time (in milliseconds) it takes for a philosopher to finish eating.[time_to_sleep]: The time (in milliseconds) a philosopher spends sleeping after eating or thinking.[number_of_times_each_philosopher_must_eat]: The number of times each philosopher must eat before the simulation ends.
Example:
./philo 5 800 200 200 7This will run the simulation with 5 philosophers, a time to die of 800ms, time to eat of 200ms, time to sleep of 200ms, and each philosopher must eat 7 times.
Contributions to the project are welcome! If you have any ideas, enhancements, or bug fixes, feel free to open an issue or submit a pull request.
This project is licensed under the MIT License.