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Competitive analysis of distributed algorithms

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Aspnes, J. (1998). Competitive analysis of distributed algorithms. In: Fiat, A., Woeginger, G.J. (eds) Online Algorithms. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 1442. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0029567

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