Medium Operating Systems CPU Scheduling
Explain Round Robin scheduling and its time quantum selection.
Answer
Round Robin assigns each process a fixed time slice (quantum). Processes execute for their quantum or until completion/blocking, then move to queue end. It's preemptive and fair. Time quantum selection is crucial: too small increases context switch overhead, too large becomes FCFS. Typical values: 10-100ms. Response time is good for interactive systems. Average waiting time can be high but no starvation. Used as base for modern schedulers.
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