An efficient fault-containing self-stabilizing algorithm for finding a maximal independent set

IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 742-754

  Lin, Ji Cherng ^a   Huang, Tetz C ^a  

^a YUAN ZE UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Auxiliary secondary variables; Central demon; Contamination number; Fault containment; Maximal independent set; Primary variables; Restrictions on guard conditions; Single transient fault; Stabilization time

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; PROBLEM SOLVING; SET THEORY; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

AUXILIARY SECONDARY VARIABLES; FAULT-CONTAINING SELF-STABILIZING ALGORITHM; MAXIMAL INDEPENDENT SET;

FAULT TOLERANT COMPUTER SYSTEMS;

EID: 0141613209     PISSN: 10459219     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPDS.2003.1225054     Document Type: Article

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