Synchronization Algorithms and Concurrent Programming
Published on 11. May 2006
Book
Paperback/Softback
440 pages
978-0-13-197259-9 (ISBN)
Description
The first textbook that focuses purely on Synchronization - a fundamental challenge in Computer Science that is fast becoming a major performance and design issue for concurrent programming on modern architectures, and for the design of distributed systems.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Boston
United States
Publishing group
Pearson Education (US)
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 172 mm
Thickness: 22 mm
Weight
730 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-13-197259-9 (9780131972599)
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Person
Gadi Taubenfeld is an Associate Professor of Computer Science at the Interdisciplinary Center in Herzliya, Israel. He is an established authority in the area of concurrent and distributed computing and has published widely in leading journals and conferences. He was the head of the computer science division at Israel's Open University; member of technical staff at AT&T Bell Laboratories; consultant to AT&T Labs - Research; and a research scientist and lecturer at Yale University. He holds a PhD in Computer Science from the Technion - Israel Institute of Technology.
Content
Preface
Key Features
1. Introduction
2. Mutual exclusion using atomic registers: basic topics
3. Mutual exclusion using atomic registers: advanced topics
4. Blocking and non-blocking synchronization
5. Barrier synchronization
6. The l-exclusion problem
7. Multiple resources
8. Classical synchronization problems
9. Consensus
10. Timing-based algorithms
Bibliography
Index
Key Features
1. Introduction
2. Mutual exclusion using atomic registers: basic topics
3. Mutual exclusion using atomic registers: advanced topics
4. Blocking and non-blocking synchronization
5. Barrier synchronization
6. The l-exclusion problem
7. Multiple resources
8. Classical synchronization problems
9. Consensus
10. Timing-based algorithms
Bibliography
Index