Concepts for Distributed Systems Design

This book is written for computer programmers, analysts and scientists, as well as computer science students, as an intro­ duction to the principles of distributed system design. The emphasis is placed on a clear understanding of the concepts, rather than on details; and the reader will learn about the struc­ ture of distributed systems, their problems, and approaches to their design and development. The reader should have a basic knowledge of computer systems and be familiar with modular design