FLP impossibility

GPTKB entity

Statements (23)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:mathematical_concept
gptkbp:alternativeName FLP result
gptkbp:appliesTo consensus problem
asynchronous distributed systems
gptkbp:assumes possibility of process crash failure
gptkbp:author gptkb:Nancy_Lynch
gptkb:Mike_Paterson
gptkb:Michael_J._Fischer
gptkbp:citation gptkb:Raft_consensus_algorithm
gptkb:Paxos_algorithm
gptkbp:field distributed computing
gptkbp:fullName gptkb:Fischer–Lynch–Paterson_impossibility
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label FLP impossibility
gptkbp:impact foundational result in distributed computing
gptkbp:influenced design of fault-tolerant distributed systems
gptkbp:provenBy impossibility of consensus with one faulty process in asynchronous systems
gptkbp:publicationYear 1985
gptkbp:publishedIn gptkb:Journal_of_the_ACM
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:CAP_theorem
gptkb:Byzantine_Generals_Problem
gptkbp:state No deterministic consensus protocol is guaranteed to terminate in an asynchronous distributed system if even a single process may fail.
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Impossibility_of_Distributed_Consensus_with_One_Faulty_Process
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5