The Las-Vegas Processor Identity Problem (How and When to Be Unique)

Journal of Algorithms

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 468-494

  Kutten, Shay ^a   Ostrovsky, Rafail ^b   Patt Shamir, Boaz ^c  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^b TELCORDIA TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

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EID: 0347370153     PISSN: 01966774     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jagm.2000.1110     Document Type: Article

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