Replicated data management for mobile computing

Synthesis Lectures on Mobile and Pervasive Computing

Volumn 5, Issue , 2008, Pages 1-106

  Terry, Douglas B ^a,b,c,d  

^a MICROSOFT RESEARCH   (United States)

^b ACM's Special Interest Group on Operating Systems (SIGOPS)

^c PALO ALTO RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Caching; Conflict detection; Data consistency; Disconnected operation; Epidemic algorithms; Intermittent connectivity; Mobile data management; Mobility; Replication; Ubiquitous computing; Update propagation

Indexed keywords

BUFFER STORAGE; COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; DATA ACQUISITION; MOBILE COMPUTING; UBIQUITOUS COMPUTING;

CONFLICT DETECTION; DATA CONSISTENCY; DISCONNECTED OPERATION; EPIDEMIC ALGORITHMS; INTERMITTENT CONNECTIVITY; MOBILE DATA MANAGEMENT; UPDATE PROPAGATION;

INFORMATION MANAGEMENT;

EID: 43949110256     PISSN: 19339011     EISSN: 1933902X     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.2200/S00132ED1V01Y200807MPC005     Document Type: Article

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