Name: Designing Reliable Distributed Systems
ISBN: 978-1-4471-6687-0

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Peter Csaba Ölveczky ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0708-3721⁰

Peter Csaba Ölveczky
1. University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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Introduces formal modeling of abstract data types and distributed systems
Does not assume or require any formal methods or theoretical computer science background
Contains exercises throughout

Part of the book series: Undergraduate Topics in Computer Science (UTICS)

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Table of contents (17 chapters)

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Pages 299-313

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This classroom-tested textbook provides an accessible introduction to the design, formal modeling, and analysis of distributed computer systems. The book uses Maude, a rewriting logic-based language and simulation and model checking tool, which offers a simple and intuitive modeling formalism that is suitable for modeling distributed systems in an attractive object-oriented and functional programming style.

Topics and features: introduces classical algebraic specification and term rewriting theory, including reasoning about termination, confluence, and equational properties; covers object-oriented modeling of distributed systems using rewriting logic, as well as temporal logic to specify requirements that a system should satisfy; provides a range of examples and case studies from different domains, to help the reader to develop an intuitive understanding of distributed systems and their design challenges; examples include classic distributed systems such as transport protocols, cryptographic protocols, and distributed transactions, leader election, and mutual execution algorithms; contains a wealth of exercises, including larger exercises suitable for course projects, and supplies executable code and supplementary material at an associated website.

This self-contained textbook is designed to support undergraduate courses on formal methods and distributed systems, and will prove invaluable to any student seeking a reader-friendly introduction to formal specification, logics and inference systems, and automated model checking techniques.

Authors and Affiliations

University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway

Peter Csaba Ölveczky

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Dr. Peter Csaba Ölveczky is a Professor in the Department of Informatics at the University of Oslo, Norway.

Bibliographic Information

Book Title: Designing Reliable Distributed Systems
Book Subtitle: A Formal Methods Approach Based on Executable Modeling in Maude
Authors: Peter Csaba Ölveczky
Series Title: Undergraduate Topics in Computer Science
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-6687-0
Publisher: Springer London
eBook Packages: Computer Science, Computer Science (R0)
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4471-6686-3Published: 22 February 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4471-6687-0Published: 12 February 2018
Series ISSN: 1863-7310
Series E-ISSN: 2197-1781
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVIII, 313
Number of Illustrations: 11 b/w illustrations, 6 illustrations in colour
Topics: Software Engineering, Simulation and Modeling, Mathematical Logic and Formal Languages, Computer Communication Networks

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