Title
Sequencing computation steps in a network
Abstract
It is sometimes necessary in the course of a distributed computation to arrange that a certain set of operations is carried out in the correct order and the correct number of times (typically once). If several sets of operations are performed on different machines on the network there is no obvious mechanism for enforcing such ordering constraints in a fully distributed way. This lack basically stems from the difficulty of preventing copying and repetition of messages by machines and from the impossibility of constraining externally the actions of machines in response to messages that come into their hands. This paper presents a possible method for ensuring the integrity of sequences of operations on different machines. The technique may be thought of as a means of enabling machines to ensure that requests made of them are valid and timely, not as means of centralized control of services.
Year
DOI
Venue
1981
10.1145/800216.806592
SOSP
Keywords
Field
DocType
computation step,obvious mechanism,centralized control,constraining externally,possible method,certain set,different machine,enabling machine,correct number,correct order,server,distributed computing,optical disk,memory management
Computer science,Copying,Impossibility,Real-time computing,Memory management,Optical disc,Computation,Stable storage,Distributed computing
Conference
Volume
Issue
ISSN
15
5
0163-5980
ISBN
Citations 
PageRank 
0-89791-062-1
1
1.48
References 
Authors
2
2
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
A. J. Herbert18749.76
Roger M. Needham246482075.99