Construct · 1 fields · 1 citations

leader election: a standalone construct

One name. One construct. A landmark on the map.

● anchor · a standalone construct Nearest construct by meaning·not indexed

A single standalone construct; nearby constructs are located against it in the Collider. Tap a field for its definition, unit, and measures.

Distributed systems

the problem of having the processes of a distributed system agree on one coordinator, including after the current one fails.

In distributed systems, leader election refers to the problem of having the processes of a distributed system agree on one coordinator, including after the current one fails. This meaning comes from Garcia-Molina (1982) in IEEE Transactions on Computers.[1]

Unit
Recovery means
Measured by

Run it through the Collider, or take the citations with you.

See how leader election sits against neighbouring constructs in the Collider, or export every reference on this page in one click.

Open in Collider Export BibTeX Report this entry

Nearby constructs

current3 fields · 6 citationsjingle · one word, three constructs election1 fields · 1 citationsanchor · a standalone construct

References

Garcia-Molina (1982). Elections in a Distributed Computing System. IEEE Transactions on Computers, C-31(1), 48-59. https://doi.org/10.1109/tc.1982.1675885

Cited on this page?

Confirm your construct, or correct us.

If your work is cited behind one of these entries, you know better than we do whether we captured the meaning right. Confirm it, suggest an edit, or dispute it, and your name goes on the entry as an author who has checked it, linked to your ORCID.

Claim your construct