CSI 5308 Principles of Distributed Computing

3 units
Computer Science
Faculty of Engineering
Formal models of distributed environment; theoretical issues in the design of distributed algorithms; message and time complexity; problem solving in distributed settings. Problems discussed may include: coordination and control, information diffusion, leader election, consensus, distributed data operations, computing by mobile entities. This course is equivalent to COMP 5003 at Carleton University.

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Organized

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Fair Assessments

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