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We design a distributed program that sorts a connected network of processes in an unstable environment. We show two techniques that enable us to factor out dynamic changes to the topology of the network in the specification of the program.
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Vos, T., Swierstra, D. (1997). Make your enemies transparent. In: Möhring, R.H. (eds) Graph-Theoretic Concepts in Computer Science. WG 1997. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 1335. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0024509
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