Title :
On the impact of sense of direction in arbitrary networks
Author :
Mans, Bernard ; Santoro, Nicola
Author_Institution :
Dept. d´´Inf., Quebec Univ., Hull, Que., Canada
Abstract :
We study the positive impact that the availability of “Sense of Direction” has on the message complexity of the election problem in arbitrary networks of processors. We present a Θ(n log n) solution; without sense of direction, this problem requires Ω(e+nlogn) messages where e is the number of communication links. This result confirms and extends the evidence on the impact of sense of direction which, up to now, was established only for specific classes of topologies
Keywords :
communication complexity; distributed algorithms; multiprocessor interconnection networks; Election problem; arbitrary networks; communication links; message complexity; sense of direction; Bidirectional control; Computer science; Hypercubes; Intelligent networks; Labeling; Network topology; Nominations and elections; Presses;
Conference_Titel :
Distributed Computing Systems, 1994., Proceedings of the 14th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Pozman
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-5840-1
DOI :
10.1109/ICDCS.1994.302421
