Distributed Systems, International Edition, 5th edition

Published by Pearson (November 6, 2013) © 2014

  • George Coulouris Cambridge University
  • Jean Dollimore Formerly of Queen Mary, University of London
  • Tim Kindberg matter 2 media
  • Gordon Blair Lancaster University
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Title overview

  • Provides an understanding of the principles on which the Internet and other distributed systems are based, their architecture, algorithms and design and how they meet the demands of contemporary distributed applications.
  • Broad and up-to-date coverage of the principles and practice in the fast moving area of Distributed Systems.
  • 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.
  • Incorporates and anticipates the major developments in distributed systems technology.
  • Case studies illustrate the design concepts for each major topic.

    • Table of contents

    Foundations
    1 Characterization of DS
    2 System Models
    3 Networking and Internetworking
    4 Interprocess Communication
    5 Remote Invocation
    6 Indirect Communication
    7 Operating System Support

    Middleware
    8 Dist. Objects and Components
    9 Web Services
    10Peer-to-Peer Systems

    System services
    11 Security
    12 Distributed File Systems
    13 Name Services

    Distributed algorithms
    14 Time and Global States
    15 Coordination and Agreement

    Shared data
    16 Transactions and Concurrency Control
    17 Distributed Transactions
    18 Replication

    New challenges
    19 Mobile and Ubiquitous Computing
    20 Distributed Multimedia Systems

    Substantial Case Study
    21 Designing Distributed Systems: Google Case Study

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