Advances in Distributed Algorithms

A special issue of Algorithms (ISSN 1999-4893). This special issue belongs to the section "Parallel and Distributed Algorithms".

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Department of Computer Science, University of Padova, Via VIII Febbraio, 2, 35122 Padova, Italy
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Department of Computer Science, University of Houston, Houston, TX 77204, USA
Interests: algorithms; networks; distributed computing; big data
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Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

We solicit original contributions to the design, analysis, implementation, application, or limitations of distributed algorithms. Papers from all viewpoints, including theory, practice, and experimentation, are welcome. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following:

  • Biological distributed algorithms
  • Blockchain protocols
  • Communication networks: algorithms, protocols, and applications
  • Complexity and impossibility results for distributed computing
  • Design and analysis of distributed algorithms
  • Distributed algorithms for Big Data computations
  • Distributed data structures
  • Distributed graph algorithms
  • Distributed machine learning algorithms
  • Distributed resource management and scheduling
  • Experimental evaluation of distributed algorithms
  • Massively parallel, high-performance, cloud and grid computing
  • Mobile computing and autonomous agents
  • Multiprocessor and multi-core algorithms
  • Population protocols.

Dr. Michele Scquizzato
Prof. Dr. Gopal Pandurangan
Guest Editors

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Keywords

  • distributed algorithms
  • distributed computing
  • parallel algorithms
  • networks
  • complexity theory
  • applications

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A Blockchain-Based Auction Framework for Location-Aware Services
by Khaled Almiani, Mutaz Abu Alrub, Young Choon Lee, Taha H. Rashidi and Amirmohammad Pasdar
Algorithms 2023, 16(7), 340; https://doi.org/10.3390/a16070340 - 16 Jul 2023
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As a critical factor in ensuring the growth of the electronic auction (e-auction) domain, the privacy and security of the participants (sellers and buyers) must always be guaranteed. Traditionally, auction data, including participant details, are stored in a third party (auctioneer) database. This [...] Read more.
As a critical factor in ensuring the growth of the electronic auction (e-auction) domain, the privacy and security of the participants (sellers and buyers) must always be guaranteed. Traditionally, auction data, including participant details, are stored in a third party (auctioneer) database. This leads to a high risk of a single point of failure in terms of privacy and security. Toward this end, blockchain technology has emerged as a promising decentralized communication paradigm to address such risks. This paper presents a blockchain-based auction framework as a decentralized e-auctioning framework for location-aware services. In particular, the framework consists of three components: pre-auctioning, main auctioning, and post-auctioning processes with four algorithms. Our primary focus is on location-aware services, such as storage space rental, apartment rental, transport hire, and parking space rental. The trading volumes are expected to be high; hence, simplifying the design is a crucial requirement. In addition to the benefits of eliminating the centralized entity (the auctioneer), fees are redistributed among participants as rewards. Further, we incorporate a service quality monitoring method that ranks the services provided by participants. This ranking allows participants to determine the rank of other participants with whom they wish to trade. We have conducted several experiments to evaluate the proposed framework’s cost feasibility and to ensure the ease of the business flow. Full article
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On the Intersection of Computational Geometry Algorithms with Mobile Robot Path Planning
by Ehsan Latif and Ramviyas Parasuraman
Algorithms 2023, 16(11), 498; https://doi.org/10.3390/a16110498 - 27 Oct 2023
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In the mathematical discipline of computational geometry (CG), practical algorithms for resolving geometric input and output issues are designed, analyzed, and put into practice. It is sometimes used to refer to pattern recognition and to define the solid modeling methods for manipulating curves [...] Read more.
In the mathematical discipline of computational geometry (CG), practical algorithms for resolving geometric input and output issues are designed, analyzed, and put into practice. It is sometimes used to refer to pattern recognition and to define the solid modeling methods for manipulating curves and surfaces. CG is a rich field encompassing theories to solve complex optimization problems, such as path planning for mobile robot systems and extension to distributed multi-robot systems. This brief review discusses the fundamentals of CG and its application in solving well-known automated path-planning problems in single- and multi-robot systems. We also discuss three winning algorithms from the CG-SHOP (Computational Geometry: Solving Hard Optimization Problems) 2021 competition to evidence the practicality of CG in multi-robotic systems. We also mention some open problems at the intersection of CG and robotics. This review provides insights into the potential use of CG in robotics and future research directions at their intersection. Full article
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