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Distributed Computing , New Ed
414 pages - hardback
John Wiley & Sons Inc - (isbn 0-471-45324-2)
Aug. 2004


 
  Price:     85,17 EUR
   
  Author(s):     Attiya, Hagit / Welch, Jennifer
   
  Description:     Comprehensive introduction to the fundamental results in the mathematical foundations of distributed computing Accompanied by supporting material, such as lecture notes and solutions for selected exercises Each chapter ends with bibliographical notes and a set of exercises Covers the fundamental models, issues and techniques, and features some of the more advanced topics
   
  Contents List:     1. Introduction. PART I: FUNDAMENTALS. 2. Basic Algorithms in Message-Passing Systems. 3. Leader Election in Rings. 4. Mutual Exclusion in Shared Memory. 5. Fault-Tolerant Consensus. 6. Causality and Time. PART II: SIMULATIONS. 7. A Formal Model for Simulations. 8. Broadcast and Multicast. 9. Distributed Shared Memory. 10. Fault-Tolerant Simulations of Read/Write Objects. 11. Simulating Synchrony. 12. Improving the Fault Tolerance of Algorithms. 13. Fault-Tolerant Clock Synchronization. PART III: ADVANCED TOPICS. 14. Randomization. 15. Wait-Free Simulations of Arbitrary Objects. 16. Problems Solvable in Asynchronous Systems. 17. Solving Consensus in Eventually Stable Systems. References. Index.

   
  Weight:     709 g    
  Dimensions:     250 x 160    
  Publisher:     John Wiley and Sons Ltd    
        John Wiley and Sons Ltd