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Philosophers Project

Description

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.

Requirements

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

Installation

1. Clone the repository:

   git clone <repository_url>

2. Navigate to the project directory:

   cd philosophers

3. Compile the program:

   make

Usage

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 7

This 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.

Contributing

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.

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License.