Mutual Exclusion Algorithm

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Distributed mutual exclusion algorithms realize mutual exclusion in a distributed system. They are used to avoid the concurrent use of un-shareable resources among distributed nodes or processes. Many different algorithms exist, for example the ones proposed by

  • Lamport (1978)
  • Ricart & Agrawala (1981)
  • Maekawa (1985)
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