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This paper presents a short survey of contemporary work in communication models for distributed computer systems, and then discusses in detail the Remote Pipe and Procedure Model. The survey portion of the paper discusses two classes of models for distributed communication: message based models and remote procedure call models. The advantages and disadvantages of both approaches are outlined.
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Gifford, D.K. (1987). Communication Models for Distributed Computation. In: Paker, Y., Banatre, JP., Bozyiğit, M. (eds) Distributed Operating Systems. NATO ASI Series, vol 28. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-46604-5_5
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