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In this paper we carry out a stability analysis of a distributed consensus algorithm in presence of link failures. The algorithm combines a new broadcast version of a Push-Sum algorithm, specifically designed for handling link failures,…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-05-09 Stefano Battilotti , Filippo Cacace , Massimiliano d'Angelo

Safra's distributed termination detection algorithm employs a logical token ring structure within a distributed network; only passive nodes forward the token, and a counter in the token keeps track of the number of sent minus the number of…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2026-02-03 Wan Fokkink , Georgios Karlos , Andy Tatman

Proving threshold theorems for fault-tolerant quantum computation is a burdensome endeavor with many moving parts that come together in relatively formulaic but lengthy ways. It is difficult and rare to combine elements from multiple papers…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-08-15 Zhiyang He , Quynh T. Nguyen , Christopher A. Pattison

Deep neural networks have achieved remarkable success in various challenging tasks. However, the black-box nature of such networks is not acceptable to critical applications, such as healthcare. In particular, the existence of adversarial…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2019-09-12 Shaeke Salman , Seyedeh Neelufar Payrovnaziri , Xiuwen Liu , Pablo Rengifo-Moreno , Zhe He

Confidence intervals based on the central limit theorem (CLT) are a cornerstone of classical statistics. Despite being only asymptotically valid, they are ubiquitous because they permit statistical inference under weak assumptions and can…

Statistics Theory · Mathematics 2024-03-15 Ian Waudby-Smith , David Arbour , Ritwik Sinha , Edward H. Kennedy , Aaditya Ramdas

In this paper bounded model checking of asynchronous concurrent systems is introduced as a promising application area for answer set programming. As the model of asynchronous systems a generalisation of communicating automata, 1-safe Petri…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2007-05-23 Keijo Heljanko , Ilkka Niemelä

In this paper, we study asynchronous consensus problems of continuous-time multi-agent systems with discontinuous information transmission. The proposed consensus control strategy is implemented only based on the state information at some…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Feng Xiao , Long Wang

In this paper, adapted from the author's PhD thesis, we present otherwise unpublished results relating to global control schemes, culminating in the calculation of a fault-tolerant threshold for one such scheme. As with early fault-tolerant…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Alastair Kay

A critical component of any blockchain or distributed ledger technology (DLT) platform is the consensus algorithm. Blockchain consensus algorithms are the primary vehicle for the nodes within a blockchain network to reach an agreement. In…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2021-08-20 Shiv Sondhi , Sherif Saad , Kevin Shi , Mohammad Mamun , Issa Traore

Single fault sequential change point problems have become important in modeling for various phenomena in large distributed systems, such as sensor networks. But such systems in many situations present multiple interacting faults. For…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2015-03-17 Ram Rajagopal , XuanLong Nguyen , Sinem Coleri Ergen , Pravin Varaiya

Algorithms for community detection are usually stochastic, leading to different partitions for different choices of random seeds. Consensus clustering has proven to be an effective technique to derive more stable and accurate partitions…

Physics and Society · Physics 2019-04-23 Aditya Tandon , Aiiad Albeshri , Vijey Thayananthan , Wadee Alhalabi , Santo Fortunato

In [1], we introduced the weakly synchronizing languages for probabilistic automata. In this report, we show that the emptiness problem of weakly synchronizing languages for probabilistic automata is undecidable. This implies that the…

Formal Languages and Automata Theory · Computer Science 2012-06-06 Laurent Doyen , Thierry Massart , Mahsa Shirmohammadi

One of the significant problem in peer-to-peer databases is collision problem. These databases do not rely on a central leader that is a reason to increase scalability and fault tolerance. Utilizing these systems in high throughput…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2019-11-05 Mohammad Fazlali , Sara Moazezi Eftekhar , Mohammad Mahdi Dehshibi , Hadi Tabatabaee Malazi , Masoud Nosrati

We consider the problem of asynchronous online testing, aimed at providing control of the false discovery rate (FDR) during a continual stream of data collection and testing, where each test may be a sequential test that can start and stop…

Methodology · Statistics 2020-08-25 Tijana Zrnic , Aaditya Ramdas , Michael I. Jordan

Consensus protocols form the backbone of distributed systems and blockchains, where implementation bugs can cause data corruption and financial losses. While LLM-based approaches show promise in code analysis, they struggle with deep…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2026-05-29 Xiang Liu , Sa Song , Zhaowei Zhang , Huiying Lan , Jason Zeng , Ming Wu , Michael Heinrich , Yong Sun , Ceyao Zhang

In distributed target tracking for wireless sensor networks, agreement on the target state can be achieved by the construction and maintenance of a communication path, in order to exchange information regarding local likelihood functions.…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2015-03-20 Vladimir Savic , Henk Wymeersch , Santiago Zazo

Why do trillion-dollar tech giants AAPL and MSFT diverge into different response patterns during market disruptions despite identical sector classifications? This paradox reveals a fundamental limitation: traditional community detection…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2026-01-21 Tianyang Luo , Xikun Zhang , Dongjin Song

Fault-tolerant complexes describe surface-code fault-tolerant protocols from a single geometric object. We first introduce fusion complexes that define a general family of fusion-based quantum computing (FBQC) fault-tolerant quantum…

\emph{Contention Resolution} is a fundamental symmetry-breaking problem in which $n$ devices must acquire temporary and exclusive access to some \emph{shared resource}, without the assistance of a mediating authority. For example, the $n$…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2024-07-15 Dingyu Wang

A critical component of any quantum error-correcting scheme is detection of errors by using an ancilla system. However, errors occurring in the ancilla can propagate onto the logical qubit, irreversibly corrupting the encoded information.…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2019-05-14 S. Rosenblum , P. Reinhold , M. Mirrahimi , Liang Jiang , L. Frunzio , R. J. Schoelkopf