Optimal Space Lower Bound for Deterministic Self-Stabilizing Leader Election Algorithms

Given a boolean predicate $\Pi$ on labeled networks (e.g., proper coloring, leader election, etc.), a self-stabilizing algorithm for $\Pi$ is a distributed algorithm that can start from any initial configuration of the network (i.e., every node has an arbitrary value assigned to each of its variable...

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Main Authors: Lélia Blin, Laurent Feuilloley, Gabriel Le Bouder
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Published: Discrete Mathematics & Theoretical Computer Science 2023-03-01
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description Given a boolean predicate $\Pi$ on labeled networks (e.g., proper coloring, leader election, etc.), a self-stabilizing algorithm for $\Pi$ is a distributed algorithm that can start from any initial configuration of the network (i.e., every node has an arbitrary value assigned to each of its variables), and eventually converge to a configuration satisfying $\Pi$. It is known that leader election does not have a deterministic self-stabilizing algorithm using a constant-size register at each node, i.e., for some networks, some of their nodes must have registers whose sizes grow with the size $n$ of the networks. On the other hand, it is also known that leader election can be solved by a deterministic self-stabilizing algorithm using registers of $O(\log \log n)$ bits per node in any $n$-node bounded-degree network. We show that this latter space complexity is optimal. Specifically, we prove that every deterministic self-stabilizing algorithm solving leader election must use $\Omega(\log \log n)$-bit per node registers in some $n$-node networks. In addition, we show that our lower bounds go beyond leader election, and apply to all problems that cannot be solved by anonymous algorithms.
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spelling doaj-art-ec12cbc7062b44dda93f5c36d9d8a6732025-08-20T01:49:32ZengDiscrete Mathematics & Theoretical Computer ScienceDiscrete Mathematics & Theoretical Computer Science1365-80502023-03-01vol. 25:1Distributed Computing and...10.46298/dmtcs.93359335Optimal Space Lower Bound for Deterministic Self-Stabilizing Leader Election AlgorithmsLélia BlinLaurent FeuilloleyGabriel Le BouderGiven a boolean predicate $\Pi$ on labeled networks (e.g., proper coloring, leader election, etc.), a self-stabilizing algorithm for $\Pi$ is a distributed algorithm that can start from any initial configuration of the network (i.e., every node has an arbitrary value assigned to each of its variables), and eventually converge to a configuration satisfying $\Pi$. It is known that leader election does not have a deterministic self-stabilizing algorithm using a constant-size register at each node, i.e., for some networks, some of their nodes must have registers whose sizes grow with the size $n$ of the networks. On the other hand, it is also known that leader election can be solved by a deterministic self-stabilizing algorithm using registers of $O(\log \log n)$ bits per node in any $n$-node bounded-degree network. We show that this latter space complexity is optimal. Specifically, we prove that every deterministic self-stabilizing algorithm solving leader election must use $\Omega(\log \log n)$-bit per node registers in some $n$-node networks. In addition, we show that our lower bounds go beyond leader election, and apply to all problems that cannot be solved by anonymous algorithms.http://dmtcs.episciences.org/9335/pdfcomputer science - distributed, parallel, and cluster computingcomputer science - data structures and algorithms
spellingShingle Lélia Blin
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computer science - distributed, parallel, and cluster computing
computer science - data structures and algorithms
title Optimal Space Lower Bound for Deterministic Self-Stabilizing Leader Election Algorithms
title_full Optimal Space Lower Bound for Deterministic Self-Stabilizing Leader Election Algorithms
title_fullStr Optimal Space Lower Bound for Deterministic Self-Stabilizing Leader Election Algorithms
title_full_unstemmed Optimal Space Lower Bound for Deterministic Self-Stabilizing Leader Election Algorithms
title_short Optimal Space Lower Bound for Deterministic Self-Stabilizing Leader Election Algorithms
title_sort optimal space lower bound for deterministic self stabilizing leader election algorithms
topic computer science - distributed, parallel, and cluster computing
computer science - data structures and algorithms
url http://dmtcs.episciences.org/9335/pdf
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