Open Distributed Systems

  • Authors:
  • Jon Crowcroft

  • Affiliations:
  • -

  • Venue:
  • Open Distributed Systems
  • Year:
  • 1996

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Abstract

From the Publisher:Gain a detailed understanding of the present and future states of distributed systems, using the recently ratified Open Distributed Processing models as a basis. This new book's comprehensive coverage of distributed systems from the ODP perspective gives you a fresh grasp of the applications enabled by distributed systems and demonstrates how: 聲 A multimedia conferencing system can be built as a distributed application 聲 Management can be modeled as a distributed application 聲 A distributed file system can be built as an example of a user application Each chapter of Open Distributed Systems covers a different aspect of the technology, allowing you to read most chapters independently and quickly home in on the information you need. Featuring approximately 60 illustrations, 30 equations and 100 references, this book is a comprehensive text for students, and a practical guide for engineers.