Title :
Objects and actions in reliable distributed systems
Author :
Shrivastava, S.K. ; Dixon, G.N. ; Parrington, G.D.
Author_Institution :
Gniversity of Newcastle upon Tyne, Computing Laboratory, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
fDate :
9/1/1987 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
This paper describes a method for constructing robust distributed programs. The method is based upon the provision of atomic actions that operate upon objects (instances of abstract data types). The paper begins by constructing robustnon-distributed programs using the atomicaction mechanism and then proceeds to showhow robust distributed programs can be constructed in a similar fashion. Finally, the paper briefly examines other prototy pedistributed systems and examines their approachto the reliability problem.
Keywords :
data structures; multiprocessing programs; multivariable control systems; software reliability; abstract data types; atomic action mechanism; atomic actions; communication system; distributed systems; failure atomicity; node crashes; nondistributed programs; object based systems; objects; prototype distributed systems; recovery block; reliability problem; robust distributed programs; transmission failures;
Journal_Title :
Software Engineering Journal
DOI :
10.1049/sej.1987.0021
