None of the disk-scheduling disciplines, except FCFS, is truly fair(starvation may

Chapter 10, Problem 10.9

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None of the disk-scheduling disciplines, except FCFS, is truly fair(starvation may occur).a. Explain why this assertion is true.b. Describe a way to modify algorithms such as SCAN to ensurefairness.c. Explain why fairness is an important goal in a time-sharingsystem.d. Give three or more examples of circumstances in which it isimportant that the operating system be unfair in serving I/Orequests.

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