Elements of distributed computing Vijay K Garg

By:

Garg, Vijay K. (Vijay Kumar)

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New Delhi : Wiley India, 2002.Edition: Wiley Student EditionDescription: xv, 423 pages : ill.; 24 cmISBN:

9788126551750

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DDC classification:

005.11 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 --

Summary: 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 as time, state, simultaneity, order, knowledge, failure, and agreement in distributed systems.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Gratis, Gifts	IIITDM Kurnool General Stacks	Non-fiction	005.11 GAR (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		G000341

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 --

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 as time, state, simultaneity, order, knowledge, failure, and agreement in distributed systems.

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