Formal Analysis of a Distributed Algorithm for Tracking Progress

  • Martín Abadi
  • Frank McSherry
  • Derek G. Murray
  • Thomas L. Rodeheffer
Conference paper
Part of the Lecture Notes in Computer Science book series (LNCS, volume 7892)

Abstract

Tracking the progress of computations can be both important and delicate in distributed systems. In a recent distributed algorithm for this purpose, each processor maintains a delayed view of the pending work, which is represented in terms of points in virtual time. This paper presents a formal specification of that algorithm in the temporal logic TLA, and describes a mechanically verified correctness proof of its main properties.

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Authors and Affiliations

  • Martín Abadi
    • 1
    • 2
  • Frank McSherry
    • 1
  • Derek G. Murray
    • 1
  • Thomas L. Rodeheffer
    • 1
  1. 1.Microsoft Research Silicon ValleyUSA
  2. 2.University of CaliforniaSanta CruzUSA

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