2nd Edition. Wiley series on parallel and distributed computing,
John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2004. – 416 pages.
This book aims to provide a coherent view of the theory of distributed computing, highlighting common themes and basic techniques. It introduces the reader to the fundamental issues underlying the design of distributed systems – communication, coordination, synchronization, and uncertainty – and to the fundamental algorithmic ideas and lower bound techniques. Mastering these techniques will help the reader design correct distributed applications.
This book covers the main elements of the theory of distributed computing, in a unifying approach that emphasizes the similarities between different models and explains inherent discrepancies between them. The book presents up-to-date results in a precise, and detailed, yet accessible manner. The emphasis is on fundamental ideas, not optimizations. More difficult results are typically presented as a series of increasingly complex solutions. The exposition highlights techniques and results that are applicable in several places throughout the text. This approach exposes the inherent similarities in solutions to seemingly diverse problems.
This book aims to provide a coherent view of the theory of distributed computing, highlighting common themes and basic techniques. It introduces the reader to the fundamental issues underlying the design of distributed systems – communication, coordination, synchronization, and uncertainty – and to the fundamental algorithmic ideas and lower bound techniques. Mastering these techniques will help the reader design correct distributed applications.
This book covers the main elements of the theory of distributed computing, in a unifying approach that emphasizes the similarities between different models and explains inherent discrepancies between them. The book presents up-to-date results in a precise, and detailed, yet accessible manner. The emphasis is on fundamental ideas, not optimizations. More difficult results are typically presented as a series of increasingly complex solutions. The exposition highlights techniques and results that are applicable in several places throughout the text. This approach exposes the inherent similarities in solutions to seemingly diverse problems.