• DocumentCode
    1312934
  • Title

    Comparing file copies with at most three disagreeing pages

  • Author

    Hwang, F.K. ; Wan, P.-J.

  • Author_Institution
    AT&T Bell Labs., Murray Hill, NJ, USA
  • Volume
    46
  • Issue
    6
  • fYear
    1997
  • fDate
    6/1/1997 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    716
  • Lastpage
    718
  • Abstract
    Metzner (1991) discussed a parallel algorithm to identify two disagreeing pages when comparing two replicated file copies. We show that this algorithm can also identify three disagreeing pages, if one additional comparison is allowed to resolve some possible ambiguity. We also discuss the relation between the file-copy problem and the group testing problem which has been widely studied
  • Keywords
    data integrity; database theory; parallel algorithms; replicated databases; combined signatures; corrupted pages; disagreeing pages; file copy comparison; file-copy problem; group testing problem; parallel algorithm; replicated file copies; Computer science; Parallel algorithms; Partitioning algorithms; Testing;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Computers, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9340
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/12.600831
  • Filename
    600831