Distributed systems--architecture and implementation
Subtitle: an advanced course
By: D.W. Davies ... [et al.] ; edited by B.W. Lampson, M. Paul, and H.J. Siegert.
Contributors: Davies, Donald Watts.; Lampson, Butler W.; Paul, Manfred, 1932-; Siegert, H. J.; Technische Universität München. Institut für Informatik.; Advanced Course on Distributed Systems--Architecture and Implementation (1980 : Technische Universität München)
Series: Lecture notes in computer science ;; 105
Publisher: Springer-Verlag
Published: 1981
Place of publication: Berlin; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 510
Subjects: Electronic data processing -- Distributed processing -- Addresses, essays, lectures.; Computer architecture -- Addresses, essays, lectures.
Notes: Bibliography: p. [493]-506.
Papers presented at the Advanced Course on Distributed Systems--Architecture and Implementation, which was organized by the Institute für Informatik, Technische Universität München, and held March 4-13, 1980.
Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Motivations, objectives, and characterization of distributed systems / Gerard LeLann; title: Distributed system architecture model / Richard W. Watson; title: Interprocess communication layer / Kenneth J. Thurber; title: Hardware interconnection technology / Kenneth J. Thurber; title: Link level / Gerard LeLann; title: Hierarchy / Donald W. Davies, Richard W. Watson; title: IPC interface and end-to-end protocols / Richard W. Watson; title: Distributed control / E. Douglas Jensen; title: Indentifiers (naming) in distributed systems / Richard W. Watson; title: Protection / Donald W. Davies; title: Atomic transactions / Butler W. Lampson; title: Synchronization / Gerard LeLann; title: Multiple copy update / Elmar Holler; title: Applications and protocols / Stephen R. Kimbleton, Pearl Wong, and Butler W. Lampson; title: Error recovery / Gerard LeLann; title: Hardware issues / Kenneth J. Thurber; title: Hardware/software relationships in distributed systems / E. Douglas Jensen; title: The national software works (NSW) / Elmar Holler; title: Ethernet, Pup, and Violet / Butler W. Lampson; title: Conclusion / Kenneth J. Thurber.