Distributed Computing Pearls / by Gadi Taubenfeld.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Taubenfeld, Gadi, Author.

Series:

Synthesis Lectures on Distributed Computing Theory, 2155-1634

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Computer science.

Coding theory.

Information theory.

Data structures (Computer science).

Computer Science.

Coding and Information Theory.

Data Structures and Information Theory.

Local Subjects:

Computer Science.

Coding and Information Theory.

Data Structures and Information Theory.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (XV, 107 p.)

Edition:

1st ed. 2018.

Place of Publication:

Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2018.

Summary:

Computers and computer networks are one of the most incredible inventions of the 20th century, having an ever-expanding role in our daily lives by enabling complex human activities in areas such as entertainment, education, and commerce. One of the most challenging problems in computer science for the 21st century is to improve the design of distributed systems where computing devices have to work together as a team to achieve common goals. In this book, I have tried to gently introduce the general reader to some of the most fundamental issues and classical results of computer science underlying the design of algorithms for distributed systems, so that the reader can get a feel of the nature of this exciting and fascinating field called distributed computing. The book will appeal to the educated layperson and requires no computer-related background. I strongly suspect that also most computer-knowledgeable readers will be able to learn something new.

Contents:

Preface

Acknowledgments

Distributed Computing

One Loaf of Bread, Please

A Tale of Two Lovers

A Night at the Movies

The Fall of the Byzantine Empire

Sightseeing in Paris

Food for Thought

All for One and One for All

The World is a Playground

Getting the Service You Deserve

Bibliography

Author's Biography

Index .

ISBN:

9783031020124

303102012X