Impossibility Results for Distributed Computing - Couverture souple

Attiya, Hagit; Ellen, Faith

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1627051708 ISBN 13 : 9781627051705

Editeur : Morgan & Claypool Publishers, 2014

Synopsis

To understand the power of distributed systems, it is necessary to understand their inherent limitations: what problems cannot be solved in particular systems, or without sufficient resources (such as time or space). This book presents key techniques for proving such impossibility results and applies them to a variety of different problems in a variety of different system models. Insights gained from these results are highlighted, aspects of a problem that make it difficult are isolated, features of an architecture that make it inadequate for solving certain problems efficiently are identified, and different system models are compared.

Table of Contents: Acknowledgments / Introduction / Indistinguishability / Shifting and Scaling / Scenario Arguments / Information Theory Arguments / Covering Arguments / Valency Arguments / Combinatorial Arguments / Reductions and Simulations / Bibliography / Authors' Biographies

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Présentation de l'éditeur

To understand the power of distributed systems, it is necessary to understand their inherent limitations: what problems cannot be solved in particular systems, or without sufficient resources (such as time or space). This book presents key techniques for proving such impossibility results and applies them to a variety of different problems in a variety of different system models. Insights gained from these results are highlighted, aspects of a problem that make it difficult are isolated, features of an architecture that make it inadequate for solving certain problems efficiently are identified, and different system models are compared.

Table of Contents: Acknowledgments / Introduction / Indistinguishability / Shifting and Scaling / Scenario Arguments / Information Theory Arguments / Covering Arguments / Valency Arguments / Combinatorial Arguments / Reductions and Simulations / Bibliography / Authors' Biographies

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Morgan & Claypool Publishers
• Date d'édition: 2014
• ISBN 10: 1627051708
• ISBN 13: 9781627051705
• Reliure: Broché
• Langue: anglais
• Nombre de pages: 160
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible