Phase clocks are synchronization tools that implement a form of logical time
in distributed systems. For systems tolerating transient faults by self-repair
of damaged data, phase clocks can enable reasoning about the progress of
distributed repair procedures. This paper presents a phase clock algorithm
suited to the model of transient memory faults in asynchronous systems with
read/write registers. The algorithm is self-stabilizing and guarantees accuracy
of phase clocks within O(k) time following an initial state that is k-faulty.
Composition theorems show how the algorithm can be used for the timing of
distributed procedures that repair system outputs.Comment: 22 pages, LaTe
