Title
Token systems that self-stabilize
Abstract
Presents a novel class of mutual exclusion systems, in which processes circulate one token, and each process enters its critical section when it receives the token. Each system in the class is self-stabilizing; i.e. it it starts at any state, possibly one where many tokens exist in the system, it is guaranteed to converge to a good state where exactly one token exists in the system. The systems are better than previous systems in that their state transitions are noninterfering; i.e., if any state transition is enabled at any instant, then it will continue to be enabled until it is executed. This makes the systems easier to implement as delay-insensitive circuits.
Year
DOI
Venue
1989
10.1109/12.24293
Computers, IEEE Transactions  
Keywords
Field
DocType
operating systems (computers),protocols,critical section,mutual exclusion systems,self-stabilizing,state transitions,token
Token passing,Suzuki-Kasami algorithm,Computer science,Parallel computing,Critical section,Real-time computing,Electronic circuit,Security token,Mutual exclusion,Token bus network,Distributed computing
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
38
6
0018-9340
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
90
17.50
6
Authors
3
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Geoffrey M. Brown122536.38
M. G. Gouda229540.03
Chuan-lin Wu3845183.93