• DocumentCode
    2483391
  • Title

    A randomized algorithm for distributed consensus

  • Author

    Kumar, Akhil

  • Author_Institution
    Colorado Univ., Boulder, CO, USA
  • fYear
    1998
  • fDate
    20-23 Oct 1998
  • Firstpage
    287
  • Lastpage
    292
  • Abstract
    We describe a randomized, fully distributed algorithm for distributed consensus and evaluate its performance assuming probabilistically bounded message delay. Each node randomly contacts a few other nodes and incorporates their values into its own value. All the nodes are able to reach consensus in this manner after a few rounds. The results show that the randomized algorithm is flexible, efficient and robust, and offers several advantages over a deterministic algorithm
  • Keywords
    deterministic algorithms; distributed algorithms; randomised algorithms; software performance evaluation; deterministic algorithm; distributed algorithm; distributed consensus; message delay; performance evaluation; randomized algorithm; Aggregates; Costs; Delay; Identity-based encryption; Protocols;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Reliable Distributed Systems, 1998. Proceedings. Seventeenth IEEE Symposium on
  • Conference_Location
    West Lafayette, IN
  • ISSN
    1060-9857
  • Print_ISBN
    0-8186-9218-9
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/RELDIS.1998.740511
  • Filename
    740511