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Distributed deadlock detection and resolution with probes

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We derive an algorithm for distributed deadlock detection and resolution which uses probes and allows an arbitrary priority scheme to choose a victim to abort after a deadlock has been detected. This algorithm is remarkable in that at least three incorrect versions of it have previously been published ([SiNa],[CKST87],[CKST89]). With careful attention to the properties of the wait-for-graph of the single resource model and definition of a simple and uniform framework for the underlying system, we are able to give an understandable and convincing derivation of the algorithm.

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  1. Institut für Computersysteme Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH Zürich), ETH Zentrum, CH-8092, Zürich, Switzerland

    Beverly A. Sanders

  2. Sonnenweg 4, CH-8370, Sirnach, Switzerland

    Philipp A. Heuberger

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Jean-Claude Bermond Michel Raynal

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Sanders, B.A., Heuberger, P.A. (1989). Distributed deadlock detection and resolution with probes. In: Bermond, JC., Raynal, M. (eds) Distributed Algorithms. WDAG 1989. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 392. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-51687-5_44

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