Chapter 10. Distributed Algorithms
In this chapter and the next two, we present algorithms designed for loosely-connected distributed systems that communicate by sending and receiving messages over a communications network.
The algorithms in this chapter are for the critical section problem. (Traditionally, the problem is called distributed mutual exclusion, although mutual exclusion is just one of the correctness requirements.) The first algorithm is the Ricart–Agrawala algorithm, which is based upon the concept of permissions: a node wishing to enter its critical section must obtain permission from each of the other nodes. Algorithms based upon token-passing can be more efficient, because permission to enter the critical section resides in a ...
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