UID:
almahu_9948389559502882
Format:
1 PDF (xx, 345 pages)
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LuaTEX
Edition:
First Edition
ISBN:
3335772
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9781450372732
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9781450372725
Series Statement:
ACM books, #29
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PART I TECHNICAL PERSPECTIVES ON LAMPORT'S WORK
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1 Shared Memory and the Bakery Algorithm -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 Flavors of the Bakery Algorithm -- 1.2.1 The Mutual Exclusion Problem -- 1.2.2 The Bakery Algorithm -- 1.2.3 Weakening the Shared Variables -- 1.3 A Plethora of Registers -- 1.3.1 Increasing the Number of Readers -- 1.3.2 Increasing the Number of Values -- 1.3.3 Strengthening the Consistency Condition -- 1.3.4 Increasing the Number of Writers -- 1.4 A New Model for Describing Concurrency -- 1.5 Sequential Consistency
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2 The Notions of Time and Global State in a Distributed System -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 The Notion of Logical Time -- 2.2.1 Causality and Logical Time -- 2.2.2 An Algorithm to Capture Causality -- 2.2.3 Impact of Logical Time -- 2.3 The Distributed State Machine Abstraction -- 2.3.1 SMR Algorithm -- 2.3.2 Impact of the Distributed State Machine Abstraction -- 2.4 The Notion of Distributed Global State -- 2.4.1 The Distributed Snapshot Algorithm -- 2.4.2 Impact of Distributed Global State -- 2.5 Conclusion
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3 Byzantine Faults -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Byzantine Agreement -- 3.2.1 Definitions -- 3.2.2 Implementations -- 3.3 Byzantine Clock Synchronization -- 3.4 Digital Signatures
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4 State Machine Replication with Benign Failures -- 4.1 Active versus Passive Replication -- 4.2 A Brief Review of State Machine Replication -- 4.3 Benign System Models -- 4.4 SMR Protocol Basics -- 4.5 Early Asynchronous Consensus Protocols -- 4.5.1 Ben-Or -- 4.5.2 Dwork, Lynch, and Stockmeyer -- 4.6 Paxos -- 4.6.1 Read-Only Commands -- 4.6.2 Discussion -- 4.7 Dynamic Reconfiguration
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5 Formal Specification and Verification -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 The Temporal Logic of Actions -- 5.2.1 The Genesis of TLA -- 5.2.2 The Logic TLA -- 5.2.3 Refinement, Hiding, and Composition -- 5.3 The Specification Language TLA+ -- 5.3.1 Overall Design of TLA+ -- 5.3.2 A Glimpse of TLA+ -- 5.3.3 Composing Modules -- 5.4 PlusCal : An Algorithm Language -- 5.5 Tool Support -- 5.5 Tool Support -- 5.5.1 The Model Checker TLC -- 5.5.2 The tla + Proof System -- 5.5.3 The TLA+ Toolbox -- 5.6 Impact
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6 Biography -- 6.1 Early Years -- 6.2 Education and Early Employment -- 6.3 The COMPASS Years (1970-1977) -- 6.4 The SRI Years (1977-1985) -- 6.5 The DEC/Compaq Years (1985-2001) -- 6.6 The Microsoft Years (2001-) -- 6.7 Honors -- 6.8 Collegial Influences
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PART II SELECTED PAPERS
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A New Solution of Dijkstra's Concurrent Programming Problem -- Introduction -- The Algorithm -- Proof of Correctness -- Further Remarks -- Conclusion -- References
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Time, Clocks, and the Ordering of Events in a Distributed System -- Introduction -- The Partial Ordering -- Logical Clocks -- Ordering the Events Totally -- Anomalous Behavior -- Physical Clocks -- Conclusion -- Appendix -- References
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How to Make a Multiprocessor Computer That Correctly Executes Multiprocess Programs -- References
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The Byzantine Generals Problem -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Impossibility Results -- 3 A Solution with Oral Messages -- 4 A Solution with Signed Messages -- 5 Missing Communication Paths -- 6 Reliable Systems -- 7 Conclusion -- References
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The Mutual Exclusion Problem: Part I-A Theory of Interprocess Communication -- Abstract -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The Model -- 2.1 Physical Considerations -- 2.2 System Executions -- 2.3 Higher-Level Views -- 3 Interprocess Communication -- 4 Processes -- 5 Multiple-Reader Variables -- 6 Discussion of the Assumptions -- 7 Conclusion -- Acknowledgments -- References
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The Mutual Exclusion Problem: Part II-Statement and Solutions -- Abstract -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The Problem -- 2.1 Basic Requirements -- 2.2 Fairness Requirements -- 2.3 Premature Termination -- 2.4 Failure -- 3 The Solutions -- 3.1 The Mutual Exclusion Protocol -- 3.2 The One-Bit Solution -- 3.3 A Digression -- 3.4 The Three-Bit Algorithm --3.5 FCFS Solutions -- 4 Conclusion -- References
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The Part-Time Parliament -- 1 The Problem -- 1.1 The Island of Paxos -- 1.2 Requirements -- 1.3 Assumptions -- 2 The Single-Decree Synod -- 2.1 Mathematical Results -- 2.2 The Preliminary Protocol -- 2.3 The Basic Protocol -- 2.4 The Complete Synod Protocol -- 3 The Multidecree Parliament -- 3.1 The Protocol -- 3.2 Properties of the Protocol -- 3.2.1 Definitions -- 3.2.2 Behind Closed Doors -- 3.3 Further Developments -- 3.3.1 Picking a President -- 3.3.2 Long Ledgers -- 3.3.3 Bureaucrats -- 3.3.4 Learning the Law -- 3.3.5 Dishonest Legislators and Honest Mistakes -- 3.3.6 Choosing New Legislators -- 4 Relevance to Computer Science -- 4.1 The State Machine Approach -- 4.2 Commit Protocols -- A.1 The Basic Protocol -- A.2 Proof of Consistency -- Acknowledgments -- References
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References
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Index
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Biographies
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Print version: ISBN 9781450372701
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