The objective of our monograph is to cover the developments on the theoretical foundations of distributed symmetry breaking in the message-passing model. We hope that our monograph will stimulate further progress in this exciting area.

Gives a thorough exposition of network spanners and other locality-preserving network representations such as sparse covers and partitions.

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 15th International Conference on Principles of Distributed Systems, OPODIS 2011, held in Toulouse, France, in December 2011. The 26 revised papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 96 submissions. They represent the current state of the art of the research in the field of the design, analysis and development of distributed and real-time systems.

The 14th International Conference on Principles of Distributed Systems (OPODIS 2010) took place during December 14–17, 2010 in Tozeur, Tunisia. It continued a tradition of successful conferences; Chantilly (1997), Amiens (1998), Hanoi (1999), Paris (2000), Mexico (2001), Reims (2002), La Martinique (2003), Gre- ble (2004), Pisa (2005), Bordeaux (2006), Guadeloupe (2007), Luxor (2008) and Nˆ?mes (2009). The OPODIS conference constitutes an open forum for the exchange of sta- of-the-art knowledge on distributed computing and systems among researchers from around the world. Following the tradition of the previous events, the p- gram was composed of high-quality contributed papers. The program call for papers looked for original and signi?cant research contributions to the theory, speci?cation, design and implementation of distributed systems, including: – Communication and synchronization protocols – Distributed algorithms, multiprocessor algorithms – Distributed cooperative computing – Embedded systems – Fault-tolerance, reliability, availability – Grid and cluster computing – Location- and context-aware systems – Mobile agents and autonomous robots – Mobile computing and networks – Peer-to-peer systems, overlay networks – Complexity and lower bounds – Performance analysis of distributed systems – Real-time systems – Security issues in distributed computing and systems – Sensor networks: theory and practice – Speci?cation and veri?cation of distributed systems – Testing and experimentation with distributed systems In response to this call for papers, 122 papers were submitted. Each paper was reviewed by at least three reviewers, and judged according to scienti?c and p- sentation quality, originality and relevance to the conference topics.

This book constitutes the refereed post-proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Principles of Distributed Systems, OPODIS 2005, held in Pisa, Italy in December 2005. The volume presents 30 revised full papers and abstracts of 2 invited talks. The papers are organized in topical sections on nonblocking synchronization, fault-tolerant broadcast and consensus, self-stabilizing systems, peer-to-peer systems and collaborative environments, sensor networks and mobile computing, security and verification, real-time systems, and peer-to-peer systems.

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Principles of Distributed Systems, OPODIS 2012, held in Rome, Italy, in December 2012. The 24 papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 89 submissions. The conference is an international forum for the exchange of state-of-the-art knowledge on distributed computing and systems. Papers were sought soliciting original research contributions to the theory, specification, design and implementation of distributed systems.

Designing distributed computing systems is a complex process requiring a solid understanding of the design problems and the theoretical and practical aspects of their solutions. This comprehensive textbook covers the fundamental principles and models underlying the theory, algorithms and systems aspects of distributed computing. Broad and detailed coverage of the theory is balanced with practical systems-related issues such as mutual exclusion, deadlock detection, authentication, and failure recovery. Algorithms are carefully selected, lucidly presented, and described without complex proofs. Simple explanations and illustrations are used to elucidate the algorithms. Important emerging topics such as peer-to-peer networks and network security are also considered. With vital algorithms, numerous illustrations, examples and homework problems, this textbook is suitable for advanced undergraduate and graduate students of electrical and computer engineering and computer science. Practitioners in data networking and sensor networks will also find this a valuable resource. Additional resources are available online at www.cambridge.org/9780521876346.

This book constitutes the proceedings of the 30th International Symposium on Distributed Computing, DISC 2016, held in Paris, France, in September 2016. The 32 full papers, 10 brief annoucements and 3 invited lectures presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 145 submissions.The focus of the conference is on following topics: theory, design, implementation, modeling, analysis, or application of distributed systems and networks.

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Distributed Computing, DISC 2003, held in Sorrento, Italy in October 2003. The 25 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 91 submissions. A broad variety of current issues in distributed computing is addressed, from foundational and theoretical issues to applications in various fields.