Designing distributed computing systems is a complex process requiring a solid understanding of the design problems and the theoretical and practical aspects of their solutions this comprehensive textbook covers the fundamental principles and models underlying the theory algorithms and systems aspects of distributed computing broad and detailed coverage of the theory is balanced with practical systems related issues such as mutual exclusion deadlock detection authentication and failure . Designing distributed computing systems is a complex process requiring a solid understanding of the design problems and the theoretical and practical aspects of their solutions this comprehensive textbook covers the fundamental principles and models underlying the theory algorithms and systems aspects of distributed computing broad and detailed coverage of the theory is balanced with practical systems related issues such as mutual exclusion deadlock detection authentication and failure . Designing distributed computing systems is a complex process requiring a solid understanding of the design problems and the theoretical and practical aspects of their solutions this comprehensive textbook covers the fundamental principles and models underlying the theory algorithms and systems aspects of distributed computing broad and detailed coverage of the theory is balanced with practical systems related issues such as mutual exclusion deadlock detection authentication and failure . Distributed computing principles algorithms and systems hardback edition may 2008 isbn 13 9780521876346 isbn 10 0521876346 cambridge university press 2008 756 pages order the book amazon book flier 2 or book flier 3 lecture slides for the book an overview chart introduction chapter 1 pdf slides a model of distributed computations chapter 2 pdf slides logical time chapter