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Course Info

  • Course Number / Code:
  • 18.437J (Fall 2005) 
  • Course Title:
  • Distributed Algorithms 
  • Course Level:
  • Graduate 
  • Offered by :
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
    Massachusetts, United States  
  • Department:
  • Electrical Engineering and Computer Science 
  • Course Instructor(s):
  • Prof. Nancy Lynch 
  • Course Introduction:
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  • 6.852J / 18.437J Distributed Algorithms



    Fall 2005




    Course Highlights


    This course features a complete bibliography of readings and, in the assignments section, all problem sets.


    Course Description


    This course intends to provide a rigorous introduction to the most important research results in the area of distributed algorithms, and prepare interested students to carry out independent research in distributed algorithms. Topics covered include: design and analysis of concurrent algorithms, emphasizing those suitable for use in distributed networks, process synchronization, allocation of computational resources, distributed consensus, distributed graph algorithms, election of a leader in a network, distributed termination, deadlock detection, concurrency control, communication, and clock synchronization. Special consideration is given to issues of efficiency and fault tolerance. Formal models and proof methods for distributed computation are also discussed.

    Detailed information on the course textbook can be found here:

    Lynch, Nancy A. Distributed Algorithms. San Francisco, CA: Morgan Kaufmann, 1997. ISBN: 1558603484.

     

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