Elements of distributed computing / Vijay K. Garg.

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TextLanguage: English Publication details: New York; Chichester : Wiley-Interscience, c2002.Description: xx, 423 p. ; 25 cmISBN:

0471036005

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DDC classification:

004.36 21 GAR

Contents:

1. Introduction 2. Model of a Computation 3. Logical Clocks 4. Verifying Clock Algorithms 5. Clocks of Different Dimensions 6. Mutual Exclusion: Using Timestamps 7. Mutual Exclusion: Tokens and Quorums 8. Drinking Philosophers Problem 9. Leader Election 10. Global State 11. Observing Global Predicates 12. Observing Conjunctive Predicates 13. Channel Predicates 14. Termination Detection 15. Control of a Distributed Computation 16. Causal Message Ordering 17. Synchronous and Total Order 18. Computation of a Global Function 19. Repeated Global Computation 20. Synchronizers 21. Slicers 22. Distributed Shared Memory 23. Self-Stabilization 24. Knowledge and Common Knowledge 25. Consensus Under Asynchrony 26. Consensus Under Synchrony 27. Failure Detectors 28. Solvable Problems in Asynchronous Systems 29. Checkpointing for Recovery 30. Message Logging for Recovery A. Partial Order.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
General Books	CUTN Central Library Generalia	Non-fiction	004.36 GAR (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		37199

1. Introduction
2. Model of a Computation
3. Logical Clocks
4. Verifying Clock Algorithms
5. Clocks of Different Dimensions
6. Mutual Exclusion: Using Timestamps
7. Mutual Exclusion: Tokens and Quorums
8. Drinking Philosophers Problem
9. Leader Election
10. Global State
11. Observing Global Predicates
12. Observing Conjunctive Predicates
13. Channel Predicates
14. Termination Detection
15. Control of a Distributed Computation
16. Causal Message Ordering
17. Synchronous and Total Order
18. Computation of a Global Function
19. Repeated Global Computation
20. Synchronizers
21. Slicers
22. Distributed Shared Memory
23. Self-Stabilization
24. Knowledge and Common Knowledge
25. Consensus Under Asynchrony
26. Consensus Under Synchrony
27. Failure Detectors
28. Solvable Problems in Asynchronous Systems
29. Checkpointing for Recovery
30. Message Logging for Recovery
A. Partial Order.

As distributed systems become increasingly available, the need for a fundamental discussion of the subject has grown. This book covers the fundamental concepts in distributed computing systems such Read more...

Bibliiography: p.403-419. - Includes index

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