The relation between problems in large-scale concurrent systems and distributed databases

Authors:
G. Agha
Affiliations:
Department of Computer Science, Yale University, New Haven, CT
Venue:
DPDS '88 Proceedings of the first international symposium on Databases in parallel and distributed systems
Year:
2000

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Abstract

We first describes the state of the art in models of concurrency. The models are analyzed along two dimensions: communication and computation. The paper then discusses some problems which make it difficult to realize large-scale concurrent systems. Such problems include compositionality, heterogeneity, debugging, resource management, and concurrency control. Some useful comparisons are drawn to problems in distributed databases and it is argued that solutions to these problems cross disciplinary boundaries. Finally, the paper discusses trends in building concurrent computers and provides some expectations for the future.