Master essence concurrent programming, including testing and debugging This book discusses the language and libraries for multithreaded programs. Among the topics covered, readers are introduced to relevant aspects of Java, the POSIX pthreads library, and the Windows Win32 Applications Programming Interface. The authors have developed and fine-tuned this book through the concurrent programming courses they have taught for the last twenty years. Chapters include: * Introduction to concurrent programming * Critical Section Problem Semaphores and locks * * Monitor * Message-passing * Message-passing in distributed programs * Testing and debugging the same program As an aid to students and instructors, class libraries have been implemented to provide working examples of all the material covered. These libraries and the testing techniques they support can be used to assess student-written programs. Each chapter includes exercises that build skills in writing programs and help ensure that the reader has mastered the key concepts of the chapter.