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PODC
1999
ACM
14 years 4 months ago
On k-Set Consensus Problems in Asynchronous Systems
ÐIn this paper, we investigate the k-set consensus problem in asynchronous distributed systems. In this problem, each participating process begins the protocol with an input value...
Roberto De Prisco, Dahlia Malkhi, Michael K. Reite...
PODC
1999
ACM
14 years 4 months ago
Optimal, Distributed Decision-Making: The Case of no Communication
We present a combinatorial framework for the study of a natural class of distributed optimization problems that involve decisionmaking by a collection of n distributed agents in th...
Marios Mavronicolas, Paul G. Spirakis
PODC
1999
ACM
14 years 4 months ago
Sequentially Consistent versus Linearizable Counting Networks
Marios Mavronicolas, Michael Merritt, Gadi Taubenf...
PODC
1999
ACM
14 years 4 months ago
Dynamically Configurable Distributed Objects
The dynamically configurable distributed object (DCDO) model helps enable object evolution and facilitate the development of distributed objects from multiple independent implemen...
Michael J. Lewis, Andrew S. Grimshaw
PODC
1999
ACM
14 years 4 months ago
Flash Mixing
Markus Jakobsson
PODC
1999
ACM
14 years 4 months ago
LOTEC: A Simple DSM Consistency Protocol for Nested Object Transactions
In this paper, we describe an e cient software-only Distributed Shared Memory (DSM) consistency protocol for an unconventional but important application domain - object transactio...
Peter C. J. Graham, Yahong Sui
PODC
1999
ACM
14 years 4 months ago
Analysis of Timing-Based Mutual Exclusion with Random Times
Various timing-based mutualexclusion algorithms have been proposed that guarantee mutual exclusion if certain timing assumptions hold. In this paper, we examine how these algorith...
Eli Gafni, Michael Mitzenmacher
PODC
1999
ACM
14 years 4 months ago
Computing Anonymously with Arbitrary Knowledge
We provide characterizations of the relations that can be computed with arbitrary knowledge on networks where all processors use the same algorithm and start from the same state (...
Paolo Boldi, Sebastiano Vigna
PODC
1999
ACM
14 years 4 months ago
Memory Space Requirements for Self-Stabilizing Leader Election Protocols
We study the memory requirements of self-stabilizing leader election (SSLE) protocols. We are mainly interested in two types of systems: anonymous systems and id-based systems. We...
Joffroy Beauquier, Maria Gradinariu, Colette Johne...
PODC
1999
ACM
14 years 4 months ago
Wait-Free Synchronization in Multiprogrammed Systems: Integrating Priority-Based and Quantum-Based Scheduling
d Abstract) James H. Anderson Department of Computer Science University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Mark Moiry Department of Computer Science University of Pittsburgh We cons...
James H. Anderson, Mark Moir