Algorithms for Concurrent Systems (Paperback)

Rachid Guerraoui

ISBN 10: 2889152839 / ISBN 13: 9782889152834

Published by Presses Polytechniques et Universitaires Romandes, Lausanne, 2018

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Paperback. The field of concurrent computing has gained in importance after major chip manufacturers switched their focus from increasing the speed of individual processors to increasing the number of processors on a chip. The computer industry has thus been calling for a software revolution: the concurrency revolution. A major challenge underlying this paradigm shift is creating a library of abstractions that developers can use for general purpose concurrent programming. We study in this book how to define and build such abstractions in a rigorous manner. We focus on those that are considered the most difficult to get right and have the highest impact on the overall performance of a program: synchronization abstractions, also called shared objects or concurrent data structures. The book is intended for software developers and students. It began as a set of lecture notes for courses given at EPFL and Telecom Paris. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

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• Title: Algorithms for Concurrent Systems (Paperback)
• Publisher: Presses Polytechniques et Universitaires Romandes, Lausanne
• Publication Date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 2889152839
• ISBN 13: 9782889152834
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: new

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The field of concurrent computing has gained in importance after major chip manufacturers switched their focus from increasing the speed of individual processors to increasing the number of processors on a chip. The computer industry has thus been calling for a software revolution: the concurrency revolution. A major challenge underlying this paradigm shift is creating a library of abstractions that developers can use for general purpose concurrent programming. We study in this book how to define and build such abstractions in a rigorous manner. We focus on those that are considered the most difficult to get right and have the highest impact on the overall performance of a program: synchronization abstractions, also called shared objects or concurrent data structures. The book is intended for software developers and students. It began as a set of lecture notes for courses given at EPFL, Saarland University, Technical University of Berlin, and Télécom ParisTech.