vector clocks

GPTKB entity

Statements (24)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:algorithm
gptkbp:category logical clocks
gptkbp:comparedBy element-wise comparison
gptkbp:component vector of counters
gptkbp:eachProcessMaintains its own vector clock
gptkbp:generalizes gptkb:Lamport_clocks
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label vector clocks
gptkbp:introduced gptkb:Colin_Fidge
gptkb:Friedemann_Mattern
gptkbp:introducedIn 1988
gptkbp:purpose capture causality between events
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Lamport_timestamps
gptkbp:tracks partial ordering of events
gptkbp:updated local event
message receive
message send
gptkbp:usedFor detecting concurrency
resolving conflicts in distributed databases
gptkbp:usedIn distributed systems
version control systems
replicated data stores
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Lamport_timestamps
gptkb:Time,_Clocks,_and_the_Ordering_of_Events_in_a_Distributed_System
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6