Distributed Computing Fundamentals, Simulations, and Advanced Topics

"This is a second edition of a well-received graduate course textbook dealing with the important field of distributed computing." ( Computing Reviews.com , May 10, 2006)
"...the authors take readers through these notoriously difficult subjects and ably demystify puzzling buzzwords..." ( IEEE Distributed Systems Online , March 2005)

"The authors present the fundamental issues underlying the design of distributed systems...as well as fundamental algorithmic concepts and lower-bound techniques." ( IEEE Computer Magazine , October 2004)