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Distributed Algorithms for Message-Passing Systems (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2013)
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Distributed Algorithms for Message-Passing Systems (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2013)
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Distributed computing is at the heart of many applications. It
arises as soon as one has to solve a problem in terms of entities
-- such as processes, peers, processors, nodes, or agents -- that
individually have only a partial knowledge of the many input
parameters associated with the problem. In particular each entity
cooperating towards the common goal cannot have an instantaneous
knowledge of the current state of the other entities. Whereas
parallel computing is mainly concerned with 'efficiency', and
real-time computing is mainly concerned with 'on-time computing',
distributed computing is mainly concerned with 'mastering
uncertainty' created by issues such as the multiplicity of control
flows, asynchronous communication, unstable behaviors, mobility,
and dynamicity. While some distributed algorithms consist of a few
lines only, their behavior can be difficult to understand and their
properties hard to state and prove. The aim of this book is to
present in a comprehensive way the basic notions, concepts, and
algorithms of distributed computing when the distributed entities
cooperate by sending and receiving messages on top of an
asynchronous network. The book is composed of seventeen chapters
structured into six parts: distributed graph algorithms, in
particular what makes them different from sequential or parallel
algorithms; logical time and global states, the core of the book;
mutual exclusion and resource allocation; high-level communication
abstractions; distributed detection of properties; and distributed
shared memory. The author establishes clear objectives per chapter
and the content is supported throughout with illustrative examples,
summaries, exercises, and annotated bibliographies. This book
constitutes an introduction to distributed computing and is
suitable for advanced undergraduate students or graduate students
in computer science and computer engineering, graduate students in
mathematics interested in distributed computing, and practitioners
and engineers involved in the design and implementation of
distributed applications. The reader should have a basic knowledge
of algorithms and operating systems.
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