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Different time solutions for the firing squad synchronizationproblem on basic grid networks

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 July 2006

Jozef Gruska ,
Salvatore La Torre ,
Margherita Napoli  and
Mimmo Parente
Jozef Gruska
Affiliation:
Faculty of Informatics, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic.
Salvatore La Torre
Affiliation:
Facoltà di Scienze Matematiche, Fisiche e Naturali, Università degli Studi di Salerno, Italia.
Margherita Napoli
Affiliation:
Facoltà di Scienze Matematiche, Fisiche e Naturali, Università degli Studi di Salerno, Italia.
Mimmo Parente
Affiliation:
Facoltà di Scienze Matematiche, Fisiche e Naturali, Università degli Studi di Salerno, Italia.
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Abstract

We present several solutions to the Firing Squad Synchronization Problem on grid networks of different shapes. The nodes are finite state processors that work in unison with other processors and in synchronized discrete steps. The networks we deal with are: the line, the ring and the square. For all of these models we consider one- and two-way communication modes and we also constrain the quantity of information that adjacent processors can exchange at each step. We first present synchronization algorithms that work in time n2, nlogn, $n\sqrt n$, 2n, where n is a total number of processors. Synchronization methods are described through so called signals that are then used as building blocks to compose synchronization solutions for the cases that synchronization times are expressed by polynomials with nonnegative coefficients.

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RAIRO - Theoretical Informatics and Applications , Volume 40 , Issue 2: Alberto Bertoni: Climbing summits , April 2006 , pp. 177 - 206
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© EDP Sciences, 2006

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