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Concurrent exception handling and resolution in distributed object systems

Lookup NU author(s): Emeritus Professor Alexander RomanovskyORCiD, Professor Brian RandellORCiD

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Abstract

We address the problem of how to handle exceptions in distributed object systems. In a distributed computing environment, exceptions may be raised simultaneously in different processing nodes and thus need to be treated in a coordinated manner. Mishandling concurrent exceptions can lead to catastrophic consequences. We take two kinds of concurrency into account: 1) Several objects are designed collectively and invoked concurrently to achieve a global goal and 2) multiple objects (or object groups) that are designed independently compete for the same system resources. We propose a new distributed algorithm for resolving concurrent exceptions and show that the algorithm works correctly even in complex nested situations, and is an improvement over previous proposals in that it requires only O(nmaxN2) messages, thereby permitting quicker response to exceptions.

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Author(s): Xu J, Romanovsky A, Randell B

Publication type: Article

Publication status: Published

Journal: IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems

Year: 2000

Volume: 11

Issue: 10

Pages: 1019-1032

Print publication date: 01/10/2000

Date deposited: 24/09/2010

ISSN (print): 1045-9219

ISSN (electronic): 1558-2183

Publisher: IEEE Computer Society

URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/71.888642

DOI: 10.1109/71.888642

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