Ebook: Distributed Computing: Fundamentals, Simulations and Advanced Topics, Second Edition

* Comprehensive introduction to the fundamental results in the mathematical foundations of distributed computing
* Accompanied by supporting material, such as lecture notes and solutions for selected exercises
* Each chapter ends with bibliographical notes and a set of exercises
* Covers the fundamental models, issues and techniques, and features some of the more advanced topicsContent:
Chapter 1 Introduction (pages 1–5):
Chapter 2 Basic Algorithms in Message?Passing Systems (pages 7–29):
Chapter 3 Leader Election in Rings (pages 31–58):
Chapter 4 Mutual Exclusion in Shared Memory (pages 59–89):
Chapter 5 Fault?Tolerant Consensus (pages 91–124):
Chapter 6 Causality and Time (pages 125–153):
Chapter 7 A Formal Model for Simulations (pages 155–166):
Chapter 8 Broadcast and Multicast (pages 167–188):
Chapter 9 Distributed Shared Memory (pages 189–205):
Chapter 10 Fault?Tolerant Simulations of Read/Write Objects (pages 207–237):
Chapter 11 Simulating Synchrony (pages 239–249):
Chapter 12 Improving the Fault Tolerance of Algorithms (pages 251–275):
Chapter 13 Fault?Tolerant Clock Synchronization (pages 277–293):
Chapter 14 Randomization (pages 295–319):
Chapter 15 Wait?Free Simulations of Arbitrary Objects (pages 321–341):
Chapter 16 Problems Solvable in Asynchronous Systems (pages 343–368):
Chapter 17 Solving Consensus in Eventually Stable Systems (pages 369–380):