Locally distributed predicates: A programming facility for distributed state detection

Abstract

The rise of high-performance computing and internet-scale applications has spurred a renewed interest in distributed computing. Such distributed applications can range from multi-hop routing algorithms used in wireless mesh networks [1] to volunteer-driven parallel data analysis efforts [2][3]. The property of distributed systems that makes them both powerful and challenging is that they are composed of multiple autonomous, interconnected entities. Managing the interactions between these entities is the primary challenge of distributed application development. © 2009 Springer Berlin Heidelberg.