Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

Byzantine Fireflies

  • Conference paper
  • First Online:
Distributed Computing (DISC 2015)

Part of the book series: Lecture Notes in Computer Science ((LNTCS,volume 9363))

Included in the following conference series:

Abstract

This paper addresses the problem of synchronous beeping, as addressed by swarms of fireflies. We present Byzantine-resilient algorithms ensuring that the correct processes eventually beep synchronously despite a subset of nodes beeping asynchronously. We assume that \(n > 2f\) (n is the number of processes and f is the number of Byzantine processes) and that the initial state of the processes can be arbitrary (self-stabilization). We distinguish the cases where the beeping period is known, unknown or approximately known. We also consider the situation where the processes can produce light continuously.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this chapter

Log in via an institution
Chapter
USD 29.95
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
eBook
USD 39.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
Softcover Book
USD 54.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Compact, lightweight edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout

Purchases are for personal use only

Institutional subscriptions

Preview

Unable to display preview. Download preview PDF.

Unable to display preview. Download preview PDF.

References

  1. Facts about fireflies. http://www.firefly.org/facts-about-fireflies.html

  2. Alistarh, D., Cornejo, A., Ghaffari, M., Lynch, N.: Firefly synchronization with asynchronous wake-up. In: Workshop on Biological Distributed Algorithms (BDA 2014)

    Google Scholar 

  3. Cornejo, A., Dornhaus, A., Lynch, N., Nagpal, R.: Task allocation in ant colonies. In: Kuhn, F. (ed.) DISC 2014. LNCS, vol. 8784, pp. 46–60. Springer, Heidelberg (2014)

    Google Scholar 

  4. Cristian, F.: Probabilistic clock synchronization. Distributed Computing 3, 146–158 (1989)

    Article  MATH  Google Scholar 

  5. Daliot, A., Dolev, D., Parnas, H.: Self-stabilizing pulse synchronization inspired by biological pacemaker networks. In: Huang, S.-T., Herman, T. (eds.) SSS 2003. LNCS, vol. 2704, pp. 32–48. Springer, Heidelberg (2003)

    Chapter  Google Scholar 

  6. Dolev, S.: Self-Stabilization. MIT Press (2000)

    Google Scholar 

  7. Gandomi, A.H., Yang, X.-S., Alavi, A.H.: Cuckoo search algorithm: a metaheuristic approach to solve structural optimization problems. Engineering with Computers 29, 17–35 (2013)

    Article  Google Scholar 

  8. Kopetz, H.: Clock synchronization in distributed real-time systems. IEEE Transactions on Computers C–36, 933–940 (1987)

    Article  Google Scholar 

  9. Lamport, L.: Time, clocks, and the ordering of events in a distributed system. Communications of the ACM 21, 558–565 (1978)

    Article  MATH  Google Scholar 

  10. Lamport, L., Shostak, R.E., Pease, M.C.: The byzantine generals problem. ACM Trans. Program. Lang. Syst. 4(3), 382–401 (1982)

    Article  MATH  Google Scholar 

  11. Lucarelli, D., Wang, I.-J.: Decentralized synchronization protocols with nearest neighbor communication. In: SenSys, pp. 62–68 (2004)

    Google Scholar 

  12. Mirollo, R.E., Strogatz, S.H.: Synchronization of pulse-coupled biological oscillators. SIAM J. Appl. Math. 50, 1645–1662 (1990)

    Article  MATH  MathSciNet  Google Scholar 

  13. Nakamura, R.Y.M., Pereira, L.A.M., Costa, K.A., Rodrigues, D., Papa, J.P., Yang, X.-S.: BBA: a binary bat algorithm for feature selection. In: 25th Conference on Graphics, Patterns and Images (SIBGRAPI 2012) (2012)

    Google Scholar 

  14. Peskin, C.S.: Mathematical aspects of heart physiology (1973)

    Google Scholar 

  15. Reid, C., MacDonald, H., Latty, T., Mann, R., Garnier, S.: Cellular decision-making: how an amoeboid organism solves the two-armed bandit problem. In: Workshop on Biological Distributed Algorithms (BDA 2014) (2014)

    Google Scholar 

  16. Römer, K.: Time synchronization in ad hoc networks. In: Proceedings of the 2nd ACM International Symposium on Mobile ad hoc Networking and Computing, pp. 173–182 (2001)

    Google Scholar 

  17. Simeone, O., Spagnolini, U., Bar-Ness, Y., Strogatz, S.: Distributed synchronization in wireless networks. IEEE Signal Processing Magazine 25(5), 81–97 (2008)

    Article  Google Scholar 

  18. Smith, H.M.: Synchronous flashing of fireflies. Science 82(2120), 151–152 (1935)

    Article  Google Scholar 

  19. Strogatz, S.H.: Sync: The emerging science of spontaneous order, 1st edn. Hyperion

    Google Scholar 

  20. Weyns, D., Holvoet, T.: Regional Synchronization for simultaneous actions in situated multi-agent systems. In: Mařík, V., Müller, J.P., Pěchouček, M. (eds.) CEEMAS 2003. LNCS (LNAI), vol. 2691, pp. 497–510. Springer, Heidelberg (2003)

    Chapter  Google Scholar 

  21. Yang, X.-S., Cui, Z., Xiao, R., Gandomi, A.H., Karamanoglu, M.: Swarm Intelligence and Bio-Inspired Computation, Theory and Applications. Elsevier Insights (2013)

    Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland

    Rachid Guerraoui & Alexandre Maurer

Authors
  1. Rachid Guerraoui
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. Alexandre Maurer
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Corresponding author

Correspondence to Alexandre Maurer .

Editor information

Editors and Affiliations

  1. Technion, Haifa, Israel

    Yoram Moses

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

Copyright information

© 2015 Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg

About this paper

Cite this paper

Guerraoui, R., Maurer, A. (2015). Byzantine Fireflies. In: Moses, Y. (eds) Distributed Computing. DISC 2015. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 9363. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-48653-5_4

Download citation

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-48653-5_4

  • Published:

  • Publisher Name: Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg

  • Print ISBN: 978-3-662-48652-8

  • Online ISBN: 978-3-662-48653-5

  • eBook Packages: Computer ScienceComputer Science (R0)

Publish with us

Policies and ethics

Search

Navigation