In the dining philosophers problem, the problems of starvation and deadlock are basically the same; in both cases philosophers go hungry.

If all philosophers pick up their right fork first, there can be no deadlock.

In the dining philosophers problem, the philosophers are threads/processes.

The dining philosophers problem is intended to represent the problem of sharing resources among multiple threads/processes.

In the dining philosophers problem, deadlock happens when eating is taking place overall, but one of the philosophers who wishes to eat is prevented from doing so.

To prevent deadlock in the dining philosophers problem, each philosopher should make a random choice about whether to pick up the left or right fork first.