JavaSpaces™ Principles, Patterns, and Practice

12.3. Background Reading

12.3.1. Distributed Systems

For background reading on principles and theory of distributed systems, refer to the following:

• Distributed Algorithms, by Nancy A. Lynch (Morgan Kaufman, 1997).

• Distributed Systems, Sape Mullender, editor (Addison-Wesley, 1993).

• Distributed Systems: Concepts and Design, by George Coulouris, Jean Dollimore, Tim Kindberg (Addison-Wesley, 1994).

• A Note on Distributed Computing, Jim Waldo, Geoff Wyant, Ann Wollrath, and Sam Kendall. Sun Microsystems technical report SMLI TR-94-29, http://www.sunlabs.com/technical-reports/1994/abstract-29.html

For discussion of interprocess communication and synchronization issues relevant to Chapters 4 and 5, refer to:

• Chapter 2 of Operating Systems: Design and Implementation ...