Distributed Computing: Fundamentals, Simulations, and Advanced Topics

"This is a second edition of a well-received graduate course textbook dealing with the important field of distributed computing." (Computing Reviews.com, May 10, 2006) "...the authors take readers through these notoriously difficult subjects and ably demystify puzzling buzzwords..." (IEEE Distributed Systems Online, March 2005) "The authors present the fundamental issues underlying the design of distributed systems...as well as fundamental algorithmic concepts and lower-bound techniques." (IEEE Computer Magazine, October 2004)