Introduction to Reliable Distributed Programming

• Main Authors: Guerraoui, Rachid (Author), Rodrigues, Luís (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2006.
• Subjects: Computer science.; Computer communication systems.; Software engineering.; Operating systems (Computers).; Computers.; Algorithms.; Computer Science.; Software Engineering/Programming and Operating Systems.; Theory of Computation.; Algorithm Analysis and Problem Complexity.; Computer Communication Networks.; Operating Systems.

In modern computing a program is usually distributed among several processes. The fundamental challenge when developing reliable distributed programs is to support the cooperation of processes required to execute a common task, even when some of these processes fail. Guerraoui and Rodrigues present...

Table of Contents:

• Basic Abstractions
• Reliable Broadcast
• Shared Memory
• Consensus
• Consensus Variants
• Concluding Remarks.