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How to Allocate Tasks Asynchronously

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Asynchronous task allocation is a fundamental problem in distributed computing in which p asynchronous processes must execute a set of m tasks. Also known as write-all or do-all, this problem been studied extensively, both independently and as a key buildi ...

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The complexity of robust atomic storage

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The disagreement power of an adversary

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