A new solution of Dijkstra's concurrent programming problem

  • Authors:
  • Leslie Lamport

  • Affiliations:
  • Massachusetts Computer Associates, Wakefield

  • Venue:
  • Communications of the ACM
  • Year:
  • 1974

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Abstract

A simple solution to the mutual exclusion problem is presented which allows the system to continue to operate despite the failure of any individual component.