Distributed systems : concepts and design

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Title:

Author:

Coulouris, George F.

ISBN:

9780321263544

Personal Author:

Coulouris, George F.

Edition:

4th ed.

Publication Information:

Boston, MA : Addison-Wesley, 2005.

Physical Description:

xiv, 927 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Contents:

1. Characterization of distributed systems -- 2. System models -- 3. Networking and internetworking -- 4. Interprocess communication -- 5. Distributed objects and remote invocation -- 6. Operating system support -- 7. Security -- 8. Distributed file systems -- 9. Name services -- 10. Peer-to-peer systems -- 11. Time and global states -- 12. Coordination and agreement -- 13. Transactions and concurrency control -- 14. Distributed transactions -- 15. Replication -- 16. Mobile and ubiquitous computing -- 17. Distributed multimedia systems -- 18. Distributed shared memory -- 19. Web services -- 20. Corba case study.

Abstract:

"Distributed Systems provides students of computer science and engineering with the skills they will need to design and maintain software for distributed applications. It will also be invaluable to software engineers and systems designers wishing to understand new and future developments in the field."--BOOK JACKET.

Subject Term:

Electronic data processing -- Distributed processing.

Added Author:

Dollimore, Jean.

Kindberg, Tim.

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Summary

Broad and up-to-date coverage of the principles and practice in this fast moving area. Includes the key issues in the debate between components and web services as the way forward for industry. The depth of coverage will enable students to evaluate existing distributed systems and design new ones.