GATE CSE 2023 Q27: CPU scheduling algorithms that can cause starvation

Which one or more of the following CPU scheduling algorithms can potentially cause starvation?

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Answer: C, D (or A, C, D) (official GATE 2023 final answer key)

Concept used: Starvation happens when a policy can keep favouring newly arriving processes over a waiting one.

First step: For each algorithm, ask whether a stream of new arrivals can postpone a waiting process forever.

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Source: official GATE 2023 CS question paper and final answer key, organised by IIT Kanpur. Question paper · Answer key