Tree-based Algorithm to Find the k-th Value in Distributed Systems
Tree-based Algorithm to Find the k-th Value in Distributed Systems
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1994-04-24
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Cheon, Yoonsik
Wong, Johnny
Wong, Johnny
Wong, Johnny
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In this paper, we study distributed algorithms for finding the k-th value in the decentralized systems. First we consider the case of circular configuration of processors where no processor knows the total number of participants. Later a network of arbitrary configuration is examined and a tree-based algorithm is proposed. The proposed algorithm requires O(N) messages and O(log N) rounds of message passing, where N is the number of nodes in the network.