{"title":"Congestion avoidance is interconnected local area networks","authors":"H. Hassanein, A. Elfeitori, P. Roe","doi":"10.1109/FTDCS.1993.344147","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/FTDCS.1993.344147","url":null,"abstract":"The interconnection of dissimilar LANs and devices over a high-speed backbone network can create congestion at a destination LAN (output) gateway when more than one device or LAN attempts to simultaneously communicate with the same device or LAN. The authors address the issue of congestion avoidance in LANs interconnected by a high speed backbone. A congestion-avoidance scheme that requires input gateways to secure permits to the output gateway before transmitting is proposed. An implementation of the proposed congestion-avoidance scheme in an ATM (asynchronous transfer mode) switch is shown. Performance results indicate that packet dropping rates are greatly reduced.<<ETX>>","PeriodicalId":251095,"journal":{"name":"1993 4th Workshop on Future Trends of Distributed Computing Systems","volume":"41 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1993-09-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134269674","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"DEMOS: a distributed decision-making open support system","authors":"M. Mendes, W. Loyolla, E. Madeira","doi":"10.1109/FTDCS.1993.344155","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/FTDCS.1993.344155","url":null,"abstract":"Manufacturing management information systems are increasingly complex, with low integration and difficult decision making. The system DEMOS, presented here, deals with the processes of decision support, at different levels of the enterprise. The system specification makes use of ODP (open distributed processing) concepts, so that truly open distributed processing can be guaranteed.<<ETX>>","PeriodicalId":251095,"journal":{"name":"1993 4th Workshop on Future Trends of Distributed Computing Systems","volume":"94 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1993-09-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133307720","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Kernel/2r-A software infrastructure for building distributed applications","authors":"B. Holtkamp, H. Weber","doi":"10.1109/FTDCS.1993.344221","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/FTDCS.1993.344221","url":null,"abstract":"Kernel/2r is a software infrastructure that provides the integration platform for the construction of distributed process-oriented multi-user/multi-role systems. Kernel/2r includes different process engines that enable the enactment of formally defined process models, thus assisting users in staying in line with procedures and regulations required by law or by the organization or ISO 9000 quality standards, for instance. The authors demonstrate the appropriateness of Kernel/2r as a basis for the construction of application systems in the engineering domain as well as in the commercial domain by discussing the IRIN Software Factory and the OTIS on-line ticket vending system.<<ETX>>","PeriodicalId":251095,"journal":{"name":"1993 4th Workshop on Future Trends of Distributed Computing Systems","volume":"274 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1993-09-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121361694","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"On the application to OSI-TP of a structured analysis and modeling methodology based on Petri net models","authors":"R. Jacinto, G. Juanole, Khalil Drira","doi":"10.1109/FTDCS.1993.344209","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/FTDCS.1993.344209","url":null,"abstract":"An application of the Petri-nets for the formal modeling and analysis of a distributed transaction processing tree, based on OSI-TP (transaction processing) and OSI-CCR (commitment, concurrency and recovery) mechanisms for the two phase commit procedure, is made. In order to cope with the complexity of the system (a tree structure and a multiple association architecture), the authors develop a methodology of structured modeling, based on the abstraction concept. Abstraction is also used for verification purposes. Abstractions based on three equivalence relations (trace, failure, observational equivalence) are considered. Their interest for the modelization and the verification of the provided TP service are shown. Comparisons are also made.<<ETX>>","PeriodicalId":251095,"journal":{"name":"1993 4th Workshop on Future Trends of Distributed Computing Systems","volume":"296 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1993-09-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116258033","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
G. Dermler, T. Gutekunst, B. Plattner, E. Ostrowski, F. Ruge, M. Weber
{"title":"Constructing a distributed multimedia joint viewing and tele-operation service for heterogeneous workstation environments","authors":"G. Dermler, T. Gutekunst, B. Plattner, E. Ostrowski, F. Ruge, M. Weber","doi":"10.1109/FTDCS.1993.344182","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/FTDCS.1993.344182","url":null,"abstract":"JVTOS (joint viewing and tele-operation service) is an advanced teleservice to support cooperative work over distance which allows distributed users to work in a collaborative fashion with multimedia. JVTOS comprises facilities for session management, floor control, multimedia application sharing, telephoning, and audio/video communication. It provides generic support for cooperation-aware multimedia applications. The authors describe the design of JVTOS as well as its implementation on different platforms which is currently under development.<<ETX>>","PeriodicalId":251095,"journal":{"name":"1993 4th Workshop on Future Trends of Distributed Computing Systems","volume":"4 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1993-09-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114443695","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A new fault-tolerant network architecture: a composite banyan network","authors":"T. Feng, S. Seo","doi":"10.1109/FTDCS.1993.344159","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/FTDCS.1993.344159","url":null,"abstract":"A new fault-tolerant architecture in multistage interconnection networks, called the composite banyan network, is proposed. The network is constructed by superimposing the reverse banyan network onto the banyan network. Basic building blocks in the composite banyan network are 3/spl times/3 switching elements (SEs) with log/sub 2/N stages. The major advantage of the composite banyan network over the existing networks with 3/spl times/3 SEs is an efficient and fast control algorithm to set up a path between any source and destination pair. Instead of complex numerical calculations, the network can easily generate a primary routing tag and alternate tags through simple binary operations. It is shown that there exist at least two totally disjoint paths between any source and destination pair, which increases the degree of fault tolerance. In order to increase the possibility of some frequently used permutations, a modified network is also proposed.<<ETX>>","PeriodicalId":251095,"journal":{"name":"1993 4th Workshop on Future Trends of Distributed Computing Systems","volume":"73 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1993-09-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127243219","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"An experimental multimedia information exchange system","authors":"M. Mourad","doi":"10.1109/FTDCS.1993.344179","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/FTDCS.1993.344179","url":null,"abstract":"The authors summarize the lessons learned during a research project that aimed at understanding the practical problems encountered in building multimedia communication systems. An overview of the architecture and components of an experimental multimedia system is given. The prototype has both real-time and online communication capabilities. It supports both the peer-to-peer model and the client-server model. The authors have implemented various applications with very different requirements and made them coexist in the system. Two examples presented here are real-time video capture and multicasting, and online consultation of full-motion video clips residing in a multimedia server.<<ETX>>","PeriodicalId":251095,"journal":{"name":"1993 4th Workshop on Future Trends of Distributed Computing Systems","volume":"101 2 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1993-09-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123235357","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Intelligent distributed systems: New trends","authors":"D. Gaiti","doi":"10.1109/FTDCS.1993.344169","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/FTDCS.1993.344169","url":null,"abstract":"In the distributed artificial intelligence field, a multi-agent system is defined as a coordinating intelligent behavior among a collection of autonomous intelligent agents, providing a method of coordinating their knowledge, goals, skills, and plans to take action or to solve problems. These concepts can be used to control and to manage a distributed system. The author describes the distributed approach of artificial intelligence and how to apply this new approach to the management and the control of a distributed system.<<ETX>>","PeriodicalId":251095,"journal":{"name":"1993 4th Workshop on Future Trends of Distributed Computing Systems","volume":"121 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1993-09-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123370090","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Causal multicasts in overlapping groups: towards a low cost approach","authors":"A. Mostéfaoui, Michel Raynal","doi":"10.1109/FTDCS.1993.344165","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/FTDCS.1993.344165","url":null,"abstract":"Concepts of groups (to structure processes) and causality (to structure, send, and deliver events of messages) are of major importance in the design of distributed systems. By combining both concepts, the ISIS system defines causal multicasts in overlapping groups. The authors present a simple and efficient protocol that implements such causal multicasts. It compares favorably to the ISIS protocol, as it uses only one vector of integers (the size of this vector being the total number of groups) to timestamp messages. This low cost in the size of timestamps is obtained by using (sometimes) additional resynchronization messages. It is shown that there is a tradeoff between the delay in the delivery of messages and the size of timestamps carried by messages for timestamp-based protocols implementing causal order.<<ETX>>","PeriodicalId":251095,"journal":{"name":"1993 4th Workshop on Future Trends of Distributed Computing Systems","volume":"120 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1993-09-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133884790","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"An architecture for managing distributed systems","authors":"M. Sloman, J. Magee, K. Twidle, J. Kramer","doi":"10.1109/FTDCS.1993.344178","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/FTDCS.1993.344178","url":null,"abstract":"The authors describe an architecture for managing distributed systems which has been jointly specified by two Esprit projects, SYSMAN (7026) and IDSM (6311). The emphasis, in this architecture, is on the use of domains to group managed objects and partition the management structure to cope with very large scale inter-organizational distributed systems. Another key aspect of the architecture is a policy service to support the specification, storage and manipulation of policies which can be used to influence the behavior of automated managers. The architecture advocates the use of object-based distributed processing techniques for management and essentially extends the OSF DME approach to cater to domains and policies as underlying management services for all aspects of management.<<ETX>>","PeriodicalId":251095,"journal":{"name":"1993 4th Workshop on Future Trends of Distributed Computing Systems","volume":"516 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1993-09-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116218791","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}