--- _id: '767' abstract: - lang: eng text: Synchronous distributed algorithms are easier to design and prove correct than algorithms that tolerate asynchrony. Yet, in the real world, networks experience asynchrony and other timing anomalies. In this paper, we address the question of how to efficiently transform an algorithm that relies on synchronous timing into an algorithm that tolerates asynchronous executions. We introduce a transformation technique from synchronous algorithms to indulgent algorithms (Guerraoui, in PODC, pp. 289-297, 2000), which induces only a constant overhead in terms of time complexity in well-behaved executions. Our technique is based on a new abstraction we call an asynchrony detector, which the participating processes implement collectively. The resulting transformation works for the class of colorless distributed tasks, including consensus and set agreement. Interestingly, we also show that our technique is relevant for colored tasks, by applying it to the renaming problem, to obtain the first indulgent renaming algorithm. acknowledgement: "Dan Alistarh was supported by the NCCR MICS Project. Corentin Travers had additional support from INRIA team REGAL and ANR project SPREADS.\r\nThe authors would like to thank Hagit Attiya and Nikola Kneževi\r\n ́\r\nc for their feed-\r\nback on previous drafts of this paper, and the anonymous reviewers for their useful comments." article_processing_charge: No author: - first_name: Dan-Adrian full_name: Alistarh, Dan-Adrian id: 4A899BFC-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Alistarh orcid: 0000-0003-3650-940X - first_name: Seth full_name: Gilbert, Seth last_name: Gilbert - first_name: Rachid full_name: Guerraoui, Rachid last_name: Guerraoui - first_name: Corentin full_name: Travers, Corentin last_name: Travers citation: ama: Alistarh D-A, Gilbert S, Guerraoui R, Travers C. Generating Fast Indulgent Algorithms. Theory of Computing Systems. 2012;51(4):404-424. doi:10.1007/s00224-012-9407-2 apa: Alistarh, D.-A., Gilbert, S., Guerraoui, R., & Travers, C. (2012). Generating Fast Indulgent Algorithms. Theory of Computing Systems. Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00224-012-9407-2 chicago: Alistarh, Dan-Adrian, Seth Gilbert, Rachid Guerraoui, and Corentin Travers. “Generating Fast Indulgent Algorithms.” Theory of Computing Systems. Elsevier, 2012. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00224-012-9407-2. ieee: D.-A. Alistarh, S. Gilbert, R. Guerraoui, and C. Travers, “Generating Fast Indulgent Algorithms,” Theory of Computing Systems, vol. 51, no. 4. Elsevier, pp. 404–424, 2012. ista: Alistarh D-A, Gilbert S, Guerraoui R, Travers C. 2012. Generating Fast Indulgent Algorithms. Theory of Computing Systems. 51(4), 404–424. mla: Alistarh, Dan-Adrian, et al. “Generating Fast Indulgent Algorithms.” Theory of Computing Systems, vol. 51, no. 4, Elsevier, 2012, pp. 404–24, doi:10.1007/s00224-012-9407-2. short: D.-A. Alistarh, S. Gilbert, R. Guerraoui, C. Travers, Theory of Computing Systems 51 (2012) 404–424. date_created: 2018-12-11T11:48:23Z date_published: 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z date_updated: 2023-02-23T13:13:40Z day: '01' doi: 10.1007/s00224-012-9407-2 extern: '1' intvolume: ' 51' issue: '4' language: - iso: eng month: '01' oa_version: None page: 404 - 424 publication: Theory of Computing Systems publication_status: published publisher: Elsevier publist_id: '6891' status: public title: Generating Fast Indulgent Algorithms type: journal_article user_id: 2DF688A6-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 volume: 51 year: '2012' ...