Linear-time snapshot protocols for unbalanced systems:
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Main Authors: Israeli, Amos (Author), Shaham, Amnon (Author), Shirazi, Asaf (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam 1992
Series:Centrum voor Wiskunde en Informatica <Amsterdam> / Department of Computer Science: Report CS 92,36
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Abstract:Abstract: "The snapshot problem for shared memory systems is to enable a set of processors called scanners to obtain a consistent picture of the shared memory while other processors called updaters keep updating memory locations concurrently. One of the most intriguing open-problems in wait-free distributed computing is the existence of a linear-time solution to this problem. In this paper we show that if the number of either scanners of updaters is smaller than the square root of the total number of processors then such a linear solution exists."
Physical Description:10 S.