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On the power of synchronization in parallel computations

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Mathematical Foundations of Computer Science 1989 (MFCS 1989)

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  1. Department of Theoretical Cybernetics and Institute of Computer Science, Comenius University, 842 15, Bratislava, Czechoslovakia

    Jűrgen Dassow, Juraj Hromkovič, Juhani Karhumaki, Branislav Rovan & Anna Slobodová

  2. Department of Mathematics, University of Turku, SF — 20500, Turku 50, Finland

    Juhani Karhumaki

  3. Department of Mathematics, Technological University "Otto von Guericke" Magdeburg, 3040, Magdeburg, G.D.R.

    Jűrgen Dassow

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Dassow, J., Hromkovič, J., Karhumaki, J., Rovan, B., Slobodová, A. (1989). On the power of synchronization in parallel computations. In: Kreczmar, A., Mirkowska, G. (eds) Mathematical Foundations of Computer Science 1989. MFCS 1989. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 379. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-51486-4_67

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