Title :
A versatile and modular consensus protocol
Author :
Mostefaoui, Achour ; Rajsbaum, Sergio ; Raynal, Michel
Author_Institution :
IRISA, Rennes, France
Abstract :
Investigates a modular and versatile approach to solve the consensus problem in asynchronous distributed systems in which up to f processes may crash (f\n\n\t\t
Keywords :
message passing; probability; protocols; software fault tolerance; asynchronous system; consensus protocol; leader oracle; message passing; modularity; randomized protocol; unreliable failure detector; Computer crashes; Costs; Detectors; Distributed computing; Heart; Merging; Message passing; Protocols; Safety;
Conference_Titel :
Dependable Systems and Networks, 2002. DSN 2002. Proceedings. International Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7695-1101-5
DOI :
10.1109/DSN.2002.1028921