Distributed computing on core–periphery networks: Axiom-based design

Chen Avin, Michael Borokhovich, Zvi Lotker, David Peleg

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Abstract

Inspired by social networks and complex systems, we propose a core–periphery network architecture that supports fast computation for many distributed algorithms, is robust and uses a linear number of links. Rather than providing a concrete network model, we take an axiom-based design approach. We provide three intuitive and independent algorithmic axioms and prove that any network that satisfies all axioms enjoys an efficient algorithm for a range of tasks (such as MST, sparse matrix multiplication, and more). We also show the necessity of our axiom set: for networks that satisfy any subset of the axioms, the same efficiency cannot be guaranteed for any deterministic algorithm.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)51-67
Number of pages17
JournalJournal of Parallel and Distributed Computing
Volume99
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Jan 2017
Externally publishedYes

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
The authors were supported in part by the Israel Science Foundation (grant 1549/13 ).

Publisher Copyright:
© 2016 Elsevier Inc.

Keywords

  • Axiom-base design
  • Core–periphery networks
  • Distributed computing
  • Minimum spanning tree

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