A simple population protocol for fast robust approximate majority

Distributed Computing

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 87-102

  Angluin, Dana ^a   Aspnes, James ^a   Eisenstat, David ^b  

^a Yale University   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Byzantine faults; Epidemics; Majority; Population protocols

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; COMPUTER NETWORKS; MODAL ANALYSIS; NETWORK PROTOCOLS;

HIGH PROBABILITY; INITIAL CONFIGURATION; INITIAL VALUES; PROPERTY (S); SPRINGER (CO);

STABILIZERS (AGENTS);

EID: 46349099554     PISSN: 01782770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00446-008-0059-z     Document Type: Article

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