Hundreds of Impossibility Results for Distributed Computing (2003)
by
Faith Fich
,
Eric Ruppert
| Venue: | Distributed Computing |
| Citations: | 32 - 4 self |
BibTeX
@ARTICLE{Fich03hundredsof,
author = {Faith Fich and Eric Ruppert},
title = {Hundreds of Impossibility Results for Distributed Computing},
journal = {Distributed Computing},
year = {2003},
volume = {16},
pages = {121--163}
}
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Abstract
We survey results from distributed computing that show tasks to be impossible, either outright or within given resource bounds, in various models. The parameters of the models considered include synchrony, fault-tolerance, different communication media, and randomization. The resource bounds refer to time, space and message complexity. These results are useful in understanding the inherent difficulty of individual problems and in studying the power of different models of distributed computing.







