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A sqrt(N) algorithm for mutual exclusion in decentralized systems Export

by: Mamoru Maekawa
ACM Trans. Comput. Syst., Vol. 3, No. 2. (May 1985), pp. 145-159.

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An algorithm is presented that uses only c√N messages to create mutual exclusion in a computer network, where N is the number of nodes and c a constant between 3 and 5. The algorithm is symmetric and allows fully parallel operation.


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