Sunday, September 13, 2009

Reviewer: William Haggwood

Ursula Cana, Alexander Peter, William Haggwood: "Overview of Operating Systems Architecture," SU-IEEE, CIS512005016:05,2009

1 comment:

  1. 1. Were the basic sections (Introduction, Conclusion, Cited, etc.) adequate? If not, what is missing?
    All the basic parts were present on this paper. I felt it was structured properly and very adequate for presentation.
    2. Did the writer use subheadings well to clarify the sections of the text? Explain.
    There are headings present for each section but no subheadings. However, for the way the paper is written even without the subheadings the sections were well defined to the topic discussion.
    3. Was the material ordered in a way that was logical, clear, easy to follow? Explain.
    It seems that resource, CPU, and memory allocation should have been together with each other. However, process management splits two of these sections. Process management could have been moved up under management functions. Otherwise, everything else was in logical order.
    4. Rate the paper on Assertion: clarity, importance: (Strong, Satisfactory, Weak). The clarity of the paper was very strong. The paper was very readable and does not require a dictionary to complete. The importance of the topic is satisfactory because the paper gives a general outline but does not come across as a must read.
    5. Rate the paper on Evidence: relevance, strength, credibility: (Strong, Satisfactory, Weak). The information provided in this paper was weak. There were only 3 cited works in this paper. This leads one to believe that writer does not have enough proof to back-up the non-cited statements made through the paragraphs.
    6. Rate the paper on Organization: arrangement of ideas, guiding the reader: (Strong, Satisfactory, Weak). The organization is satisfactory because it does not have subheadings. The paper could have been broken out into subheadings to better guide readers.
    7. Rate the paper on Mechanics: spelling, grammar, punctuation: (Strong, Satisfactory, Weak) The mechanics of this paper is satisfactory for there were not any major issues with the punctuation or spelling/grammar. There are a few places where a comma was placed where it should not be.
    8. Overall effectiveness: (Strong, Satisfactory, Weak) and explaing why? As an overall rating, this paper is a satisfactory piece of work. Looking at the all aspects, this paper seems like it was a rush job and did not have the time to complete the overall explanation of the topic. It summarizes a number of the points and does not go into an explanation of any of the references provided.

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