Optimal clock synchronization under different delay assumptions

SIAM Journal on Computing

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 369-389

  Attiya, Hagit ^a   Herzberg, Amir ^b   Rajsbaum, Sergio ^c,d  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^b IBM T J WATSON RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Clock synchronization; Distributed systems; Message delay assumptions; Message passing systems; Networks; Optimization; Precision; Real time systems

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; ELECTRIC DELAY LINES; ELECTRIC NETWORK TOPOLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMAL CONTROL SYSTEMS; OPTIMIZATION; REAL TIME SYSTEMS; SYNCHRONIZATION; TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORKS;

CLOCK SYNCHRONIZATION; MESSAGE DELAY ASSUMPTIONS; MESSAGE PASSING SYSTEMS;

DISTRIBUTED COMPUTER SYSTEMS;

EID: 0030126543     PISSN: 00975397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1137/S0097539794266328     Document Type: Article

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