Title
Computing with snakes in directed networks of automata
Abstract
ABSTRACT We consider unidirectional, strongly connected networks of identical finite - state automata, of bounded in - and out - degree but unknown topology and unbounded size n Protocols which are quadratic or linear in n are provided which accomplish the following tasks: wake - up and report when done; construct spanning trees out from the root and in to the root; conduct breadth - first and depth - first searches; send a message from the end - point of an (unidirectional) arc to its start - point; run a slow clock; and solve the firing squad synchronization problem Our protocols are highly parallel and use a new tech - nique - a special kind of moving data structures we call snakes
Year
DOI
Venue
1997
10.1006/jagm.1996.0840
J. Algorithms
Keywords
Field
DocType
com,finite state automata,depth first search,spanning tree,data structure
Combinatorics,Computer science,Firing squad synchronization problem,Breadth-first search,Automaton,Depth-first search,Algorithm,Theoretical computer science,Finite-state machine,Spanning tree,Strongly connected component,Bounded function
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
24
1
0196-6774
ISBN
Citations 
PageRank 
0-8186-2082-X
19
1.78
References 
Authors
6
3
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
shimon even12873981.78
Ami Litman224049.78
Peter Winkler358385.60