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An Efficient Overhead-aware Leader Election Algorithm for Distributed Systems

by Muneer Bani Yassein, Ala’a N. Alslaity, Sana’a A. Alwidian
International Journal of Computer Applications
Foundation of Computer Science (FCS), NY, USA
Volume 49 - Number 6
Year of Publication: 2012
Authors: Muneer Bani Yassein, Ala’a N. Alslaity, Sana’a A. Alwidian
10.5120/7630-0699

Muneer Bani Yassein, Ala’a N. Alslaity, Sana’a A. Alwidian . An Efficient Overhead-aware Leader Election Algorithm for Distributed Systems. International Journal of Computer Applications. 49, 6 ( July 2012), 10-15. DOI=10.5120/7630-0699

@article{ 10.5120/7630-0699,
author = { Muneer Bani Yassein, Ala’a N. Alslaity, Sana’a A. Alwidian },
title = { An Efficient Overhead-aware Leader Election Algorithm for Distributed Systems },
journal = { International Journal of Computer Applications },
issue_date = { July 2012 },
volume = { 49 },
number = { 6 },
month = { July },
year = { 2012 },
issn = { 0975-8887 },
pages = { 10-15 },
numpages = {9},
url = { https://ijcaonline.org/archives/volume49/number6/7630-0699/ },
doi = { 10.5120/7630-0699 },
publisher = {Foundation of Computer Science (FCS), NY, USA},
address = {New York, USA}
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%I Foundation of Computer Science (FCS), NY, USA
Abstract

In the area of distributed computing, the leader election process is meant with selecting a single node as a leader or a coordinator for a particular task that is distributed among other members. In such environments, if the leader got crashed, all other nodes have to elect another leader. In the literature, many leader election algorithms have been proposed. Most popular is the Garcia Molina's Bully algorithm. In this paper, we propose a new leader election algorithm that is based on sending a lower number of messages to perform leader election. The results show that our proposed algorithm reduces the overhead associated with the classical Garcia's Bully algorithm and efficiently outperform it in terms of reducing latency and message complexity.

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Index Terms

Computer Science
Information Sciences

Keywords

Distributed System Leader Election Leader Bully Algorithm