DC
2008
13 years 10 months ago
2008
A MAC protocol specifies how nodes in a sensor network access a shared communication channel. Desired properties of a MAC protocol are: it should be contention-free (avoid collisio...
DC
2008
13 years 11 months ago
2008
Fast algorithms are presented for performing computations in a probabilistic population model. This is a variant of the standard population protocol model--in which finite-state ag...
DC
2008
13 years 11 months ago
2008
We study the feasibility and cost of implementing --a fundamental failure detector at the core of many algorithms--in systems with weak reliability and synchrony assumptions. Intui...
DC
2008
13 years 11 months ago
2008
This study addresses the construction of a preset checking sequence that will not pose controllability (synchronization) and observability (undetectable output shift) problems whe...
DC
2008
13 years 11 months ago
2008
DC
2008
13 years 11 months ago
2008
We consider a distributed system where each node keeps a local count for items (similar to elections where nodes are ballot boxes and items are candidates). A top-k query in such ...
DC
2008
13 years 11 months ago
2008
This paper introduces solo-valency, a variation on the valency proof technique originated by Fischer, Lynch, and Paterson. The new technique focuses on critical events that influe...
DC
2008
13 years 11 months ago
2008
DC
2008
13 years 11 months ago
2008
DC
2008
13 years 11 months ago
2008
This paper determines necessary and sufficient conditions to implement wait-free and non-blocking contention managers in a shared memory system. The necessary conditions hold even...