Formal Analysis of a Distributed Algorithm for Tracking Progress

Part 2: Session 1: VerificationInternational audienceTracking the progress of computations can be both important and delicate in distributed systems. In a recent distributed algorithm for this purpose, each processor maintains a delayed view of the pending work, which is represented in terms of points in virtual time. This paper presents a formal specification of that algorithm in the temporal logic TLA, and describes a mechanically verified correctness proof of its main properties

Formal analysis of a distributed algorithm for tracking progress

Abstract. Tracking the progress of computations can be both important and delicate in distributed systems. In a recent distributed algorithm for this purpose, each processor maintains a delayed view of the pending work, which is represented in terms of points in virtual time. This paper presents a formal specification of that algorithm in the temporal logic TLA, and describes a mechanically verified correctness proof of its main properties.