In a distributed system deadlock can neither be prevented nor avoided as the system is…

Suzuki–Kasami algorithm is a token-based algorithm for achieving mutual exclusion in distributed systems.This is modification of…

Maekawa’s Algorithm is quorum based approach to ensure mutual exclusion in distributed systems. As we know,…

Ricart–Agrawala algorithm is an algorithm to for mutual exclusion in a distributed system proposed by Glenn…

Distributed shared memory (DSM) is an abstraction used for sharing data between computers that do…

Lamport’s Distributed Mutual Exclusion Algorithm is a permission based algorithm proposed by Lamport as an illustration…

Mutual exclusion is a concurrency control property which is introduced to prevent race conditions. It is…

Process coordination in a multitasking OS  –       Race condition: several processes access and manipulate the same…

Instead of synchronizing clocks, event ordering can be used If two events occurred at the…

Causal ordering is a vital tool for thinking about distributed systems. Once you understand it,…