Advanced Distributed Systems

Author : Sacha Krakowiak,Santosh Shrivastava
Publisher : Springer
Page : 516 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2003-06-26
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9783540464754

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Advances in Distributed Systems by Sacha Krakowiak,Santosh Shrivastava Pdf

In 1992 we initiated a research project on large scale distributed computing systems (LSDCS). It was a collaborative project involving research institutes and universities in Bologna, Grenoble, Lausanne, Lisbon, Rennes, Rocquencourt, Newcastle, and Twente. The World Wide Web had recently been developed at CERN, but its use was not yet as common place as it is today and graphical browsers had yet to be developed. It was clear to us (and to just about everyone else) that LSDCS comprising several thousands to millions of individual computer systems (nodes) would be coming into existence as a consequence both of technological advances and the demands placed by applications. We were excited about the problems of building large distributed systems, and felt that serious rethinking of many of the existing computational paradigms, algorithms, and structuring principles for distributed computing was called for. In our research proposal, we summarized the problem domain as follows: “We expect LSDCS to exhibit great diversity of node and communications capability. Nodes will range from (mobile) laptop computers, workstations to supercomputers. Whereas mobile computers may well have unreliable, low bandwidth communications to the rest of the system, other parts of the system may well possess high bandwidth communications capability. To appreciate the problems posed by the sheer scale of a system comprising thousands of nodes, we observe that such systems will be rarely functioning in their entirety.

Author : Felix F. Ramos,Herwig Unger,Victor Larios
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2014-01-15
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 3662199599

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Advanced Distributed Systems by Felix F. Ramos,Herwig Unger,Victor Larios Pdf

Author : Victor Larios,Felix F. Ramos,Herwig Unger
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2004-06-24
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9783540221722

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Advanced Distributed Systems by Victor Larios,Felix F. Ramos,Herwig Unger Pdf

This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post-proceedings of the Third International School and Symposium on Advanced Distributed Systems, ISSADS 2004, held in Guadalajara, Mexico in January 2004. The 25 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 46 submissions. Among the topics addressed are virtual characters, distributed toolkits, serial visual presentation, multi-agent architectures, MAS, agent-object hybrid languages, robot soccer agents, distributed querying, semantic search engines, coordination, distributed collaboration, virtual communities, peer-to-peer networks, P2P systems, distributed search mobile objects, load balancing, distributed algorithms, scheduling, and distributed information systems.

Author : Felix F. Ramos,Victor Lrios Rosillo,Herwig Unger
Publisher : Springer
Page : 564 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2005-08-31
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9783540316749

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Advanced Distributed Systems by Felix F. Ramos,Victor Lrios Rosillo,Herwig Unger Pdf

It is our pleasure to present the papers accepted and presented at the 5th Int- national School and Symposium on Advanced Distributed Systems (ISSADS) in this LNCS volume. The symposium was held in the city of Guadalajara,Mexico from January 24 to 28, 2005. The organization team was composed of members of CINVESTAV Guadalajara, Rostock University in Germany, the CUCEI and CUCEA campuses of Guadalajara University, and Instituto Tecnol ́ ogico y de Estudios Superiores de Occidente, ITESO. The symposium is already a we- established annual meeting, at which scientists and people from the industrial ?eld meet and discuss the progress of applications and the theory of distributed systems in a forum during the last week of January. This year, more than 250 people from 3 continents attended the conference. Most of them are scientists, teachers, students and engineers from the local industry. The papers presented in the sessions of the symposium cover not only the subjects of distributed systems from the system level and applications, but also contributions from the area of theory and arti?cial intelligence concepts. These papers were selected out of more than 100 submissions. There was a selection ?lter in which each paper was evaluated by at least three members of the - ternational Program Committee, who came from research institutions of good reputation all over the world.

Author : Rohit Anand,Abhinav Juneja,Digvijay Pandey,Sapna Juneja,Nidhi Sindhwani
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 469 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2024-04-02
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9781394188062

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Meta-Heuristic Algorithms for Advanced Distributed Systems by Rohit Anand,Abhinav Juneja,Digvijay Pandey,Sapna Juneja,Nidhi Sindhwani Pdf

META-HEURISTIC ALGORITHMS FOR ADVANCED DISTRIBUTED SYSTEMS Discover a collection of meta-heuristic algorithms for distributed systems in different application domains Meta-heuristic techniques are increasingly gaining favor as tools for optimizing distributed systems—generally, to enhance the utility and precision of database searches. Carefully applied, they can increase system effectiveness, streamline operations, and reduce cost. Since many of these techniques are derived from nature, they offer considerable scope for research and development, with the result that this field is growing rapidly. Meta-Heuristic Algorithms for Advanced Distributed Systems offers an overview of these techniques and their applications in various distributed systems. With strategies based on both global and local searching, it covers a wide range of key topics related to meta-heuristic algorithms. Those interested in the latest developments in distributed systems will find this book indispensable. Meta-Heuristic Algorithms for Advanced Distributed Systems readers will also find: Analysis of security issues, distributed system design, stochastic optimization techniques, and more Detailed discussion of meta-heuristic techniques such as the genetic algorithm, particle swam optimization, and many others Applications of optimized distribution systems in healthcare and other key??industries Meta-Heuristic Algorithms for Advanced Distributed Systems is ideal for academics and researchers studying distributed systems, their design, and their applications.

Author : Rohit Anand,Abhinav Juneja,Digvijay Pandey,Sapna Juneja,Nidhi Sindhwani
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 469 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2024-03-12
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9781394188086

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Meta-Heuristic Algorithms for Advanced Distributed Systems by Rohit Anand,Abhinav Juneja,Digvijay Pandey,Sapna Juneja,Nidhi Sindhwani Pdf

META-HEURISTIC ALGORITHMS FOR ADVANCED DISTRIBUTED SYSTEMS Discover a collection of meta-heuristic algorithms for distributed systems in different application domains Meta-heuristic techniques are increasingly gaining favor as tools for optimizing distributed systems—generally, to enhance the utility and precision of database searches. Carefully applied, they can increase system effectiveness, streamline operations, and reduce cost. Since many of these techniques are derived from nature, they offer considerable scope for research and development, with the result that this field is growing rapidly. Meta-Heuristic Algorithms for Advanced Distributed Systems offers an overview of these techniques and their applications in various distributed systems. With strategies based on both global and local searching, it covers a wide range of key topics related to meta-heuristic algorithms. Those interested in the latest developments in distributed systems will find this book indispensable. Meta-Heuristic Algorithms for Advanced Distributed Systems readers will also find: Analysis of security issues, distributed system design, stochastic optimization techniques, and more Detailed discussion of meta-heuristic techniques such as the genetic algorithm, particle swam optimization, and many others Applications of optimized distribution systems in healthcare and other key??industries Meta-Heuristic Algorithms for Advanced Distributed Systems is ideal for academics and researchers studying distributed systems, their design, and their applications.

Author : M.W. Alford,J.P. Ansart,G. Hommel,L. Lamport,B. Liskov,G.P. Mullery,F.B. Schneider
Publisher : Springer
Page : 576 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2014-10-08
Category : Computers
ISBN : 3662194236

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Distributed Systems by M.W. Alford,J.P. Ansart,G. Hommel,L. Lamport,B. Liskov,G.P. Mullery,F.B. Schneider Pdf

Author : M. W. Alford
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 573 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 1985
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:859818529

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Distributed Systems. Methods and Tools for Specification. An Advanced Course by M. W. Alford Pdf

Author : Hagit Attiya,Jennifer Welch
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 440 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2004-03-25
Category : Computers
ISBN : 0471453242

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Distributed Computing by Hagit Attiya,Jennifer Welch Pdf

* Comprehensive introduction to the fundamental results in the mathematical foundations of distributed computing * Accompanied by supporting material, such as lecture notes and solutions for selected exercises * Each chapter ends with bibliographical notes and a set of exercises * Covers the fundamental models, issues and techniques, and features some of the more advanced topics

Author : Felix F. Ramos,Victor Lrios Rosillo,Herwig Unger
Publisher : Springer
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2005-08-31
Category : Computers
ISBN : 3540316744

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Advanced Distributed Systems by Felix F. Ramos,Victor Lrios Rosillo,Herwig Unger Pdf

It is our pleasure to present the papers accepted and presented at the 5th Int- national School and Symposium on Advanced Distributed Systems (ISSADS) in this LNCS volume. The symposium was held in the city of Guadalajara,Mexico from January 24 to 28, 2005. The organization team was composed of members of CINVESTAV Guadalajara, Rostock University in Germany, the CUCEI and CUCEA campuses of Guadalajara University, and Instituto Tecnol ́ ogico y de Estudios Superiores de Occidente, ITESO. The symposium is already a we- established annual meeting, at which scientists and people from the industrial ?eld meet and discuss the progress of applications and the theory of distributed systems in a forum during the last week of January. This year, more than 250 people from 3 continents attended the conference. Most of them are scientists, teachers, students and engineers from the local industry. The papers presented in the sessions of the symposium cover not only the subjects of distributed systems from the system level and applications, but also contributions from the area of theory and arti?cial intelligence concepts. These papers were selected out of more than 100 submissions. There was a selection ?lter in which each paper was evaluated by at least three members of the - ternational Program Committee, who came from research institutions of good reputation all over the world.

Author : Vladim R Haasz
Publisher : River Publishers
Page : 259 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9788792329721

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Advanced Distributed Measuring Systems - Exhibits of Application by Vladim R Haasz Pdf

The book "Advanced distributed measuring systems - exhibits of application" offers 8 up-to-date examples of typical laboratory, industrial and biomedical applications of advanced measuring and information systems including virtual instrumentation.

Author : Alexander Schill
Publisher : Springer
Page : 507 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2013-04-18
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9780387349473

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Distributed Platforms by Alexander Schill Pdf

Client/Server applications are of increasing importance in industry, and have been improved by advanced distributed object-oriented techniques, dedicated tool support and both multimedia and mobile computing extensions. Recent responses to this trend are standardized distributed platforms and models including the Distributed Computing Environment (DCE) of the Open Software Foundation (OS F), Open Distributed Processing (ODP), and the Common Object Request Broker Architecture (CORBA) of the Object Management Group (OMG). These proceedings are the compilation of papers from the technical stream of the IFIPIIEEE International Conference on Distributed Platforms, Dresden, Germany. This conference has been sponsored by IFIP TC6.1, by the IEEE Communications Society, and by the German Association of Computer Science (GI -Gesellschaft fur Informatik). ICDP'96 was organized jointly by Dresden University of Technology and Aachen University of Technology. It is closely related to the International Workshop on OSF DCE in Karlsruhe, 1993, and to the IFIP International Conference on Open Distributed Processing. ICDP has been designed to bring together researchers and practitioners who are studying and developing new methodologies, tools and technologies for advanced client/server environ ments, distributed systems, and network applications based on distributed platforms.

Author : Christian Cachin,Rachid Guerraoui,Luís Rodrigues
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 381 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2011-02-11
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9783642152603

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Introduction to Reliable and Secure Distributed Programming by Christian Cachin,Rachid Guerraoui,Luís Rodrigues Pdf

In modern computing a program is usually distributed among several processes. The fundamental challenge when developing reliable and secure distributed programs is to support the cooperation of processes required to execute a common task, even when some of these processes fail. Failures may range from crashes to adversarial attacks by malicious processes. Cachin, Guerraoui, and Rodrigues present an introductory description of fundamental distributed programming abstractions together with algorithms to implement them in distributed systems, where processes are subject to crashes and malicious attacks. The authors follow an incremental approach by first introducing basic abstractions in simple distributed environments, before moving to more sophisticated abstractions and more challenging environments. Each core chapter is devoted to one topic, covering reliable broadcast, shared memory, consensus, and extensions of consensus. For every topic, many exercises and their solutions enhance the understanding This book represents the second edition of "Introduction to Reliable Distributed Programming". Its scope has been extended to include security against malicious actions by non-cooperating processes. This important domain has become widely known under the name "Byzantine fault-tolerance".

Author : Paulo Veríssimo,Luís Rodrigues
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 625 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9781461516637

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Distributed Systems for System Architects by Paulo Veríssimo,Luís Rodrigues Pdf

The primary audience for this book are advanced undergraduate students and graduate students. Computer architecture, as it happened in other fields such as electronics, evolved from the small to the large, that is, it left the realm of low-level hardware constructs, and gained new dimensions, as distributed systems became the keyword for system implementation. As such, the system architect, today, assembles pieces of hardware that are at least as large as a computer or a network router or a LAN hub, and assigns pieces of software that are self-contained, such as client or server programs, Java applets or pro tocol modules, to those hardware components. The freedom she/he now has, is tremendously challenging. The problems alas, have increased too. What was before mastered and tested carefully before a fully-fledged mainframe or a closely-coupled computer cluster came out on the market, is today left to the responsibility of computer engineers and scientists invested in the role of system architects, who fulfil this role on behalf of software vendors and in tegrators, add-value system developers, R&D institutes, and final users. As system complexity, size and diversity grow, so increases the probability of in consistency, unreliability, non responsiveness and insecurity, not to mention the management overhead. What System Architects Need to Know The insight such an architect must have includes but goes well beyond, the functional properties of distributed systems.

Author : Mack W. Alford
Publisher : Springer
Page : 588 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 1985
Category : Computers
ISBN : UOM:39015009796890

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Distributed Systems by Mack W. Alford Pdf