Introduction to Distributed Algorithms
Edition: 2 edition
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: February 15, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 608
ISBN-13: 9780521794831
Subjects: Computer Communications & Networking; Computer Programming; Mathematical theory of computation; Management Information Systems; Distributed processing; Algorithms (Computer Programming); Distributed Computer Systems; Programming - General; Computers; Computers - Languages / Programming; General; Education; Engineering - General; Networking - General; Computers / General; Computers / Networking / General; Electronic data processing--Distributed proce; Electronic data processing--Distributed processing--Congresses; Mathematics-General; Computer algorithms; Congresses; Electronic data processing
First sentence: This chapter gives reasons for the study of distributed algorithms by briefly introducing the types of hardware and software systems for which distributed algorithms have been developed.