NDLI: A hybrid approach for mutual exclusion in distributed computing systems

Content Provider	IEEE Xplore Digital Library
Author	Madhuram, S. Kumar, A.
Copyright Year	1994
Description	Author affiliation: Dept. of Eng. Math. & Comput. Sci., Louisville Univ., KY, USA (Madhuram, S.; Kumar, A.)
Abstract	We propose a hybrid algorithm to achieve mutual exclusion in distributed systems. In our algorithm we propose a logical grouping of the sites into a hierarchical structure. We have used different algorithms to achieve mutual exclusion at each level of the hierarchy. The hierarchical structure is not rigid and can be modified to achieve different performance criteria. We demonstrate the adaptable nature of this approach which leads to better overall performance. The hybrid algorithm needs only a maximum of 2/spl radic/N+1 messages where N is the number of sites in the distributed system. This can be further reduced to just 5 messages per CS invocation at high loads by making small modifications to the original hybrid algorithm. The best features of this algorithm are its deadlock-free nature and its low message traffic at high loads.
Starting Page	18
Ending Page	25
File Size	806830
Page Count	8
File Format	PDF
ISBN	0818664274
DOI	10.1109/SPDP.1994.346186
Language	English
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Publisher Date	1994-10-26
Publisher Place	USA
Access Restriction	Subscribed
Rights Holder	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Subject Keyword	Distributed computing System recovery Synchronization Delay effects Communication system control Distributed algorithms Mathematics Computer science Telecommunication traffic Measurement
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article

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