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| Distributed Systems: Concepts and Design (4th Edition) (International Computer Science Series) | 
 enlarge | Authors: Jean Dollimore, Tim Kindberg, George Coulouris
Publisher: Addison Wesley
Category: Book
List Price: $129.80
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Avg. Customer Rating:  10 reviews
Sales Rank: 305042
Media: Hardcover
Edition: 4
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 944
Shipping Weight (lbs): 3.3
Dimensions (in): 9.2 x 7.5 x 1.5
ISBN: 0321263545
Dewey Decimal Number: 004.36
EAN: 9780321263544
ASIN: 0321263545
Publication Date: May 20, 2005
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Product Description
DISTRIBUTED SYSTEMS Concepts and Design Fourth Edition George Coulouris Jean Dollimore Tim Kindberg 'This book is simply the standard by which all other Distributed Systems texts are measured.' Amazon.co.uk review of the third edition From mobile phones to the Internet, our lives depend increasingly on distributed systems linking computers and other devices together in a seamless and transparent way. The fourth edition of this best-selling text continues to provide a comprehensive source of material on the principles and practice of distributed computer systems and the exciting new developments based on them, using a wealth of modern case studies to illustrate their design and development. Highlights of the fourth edition include: A Three entirely new chapters on peer-to-peer systems, web services, and mobile and ubiquitous systems. A More than 25 detailed case studies of well-known systems, eight of them new, including studies of the Grid, Cooltown, Bluetooth andthe (in)security of the WiFi WEP protocol. A Updated coverage of XML and its security extensions, the Advanced Encryption Standard and security design for ubiquitous systems.Distributed Systems provides students of computer science and engineering with the skills they will need to design and maintain software for distributed applications. It will also be invaluable to software engineers and systems designers wishing to understand new and future developments in the field. George Coulouris is a Senior Visiting Fellow in the Computer Laboratory at the University of Cambridge. Jean Dollimore was, until her retirement, Senior Lecturer in computer science at Queen Mary College, Universityof London. Tim Kindberg is a Senior Researcher at Hewlett-Packard Laboratories in Bristol. Check out www.cdk4.net or www.pearsoned.co.uk/coulouris for a rich set of resources for students and instructors, including: A The book bibliography with links to relevant online references. A PowerPoint teaching slides. A Presentation guidelines for instructors. A Solutions to all exercises (for instructors only). A Material from previous editions that will not fit in this one. A Source code for all program listings. A Links to many courses using the book. A A carefully maintained errata list ! and more!
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| Customer Reviews: Read 5 more reviews...
 I won't suggest - superficial treatment of the subject March 15, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I'm a software developer and avid reader of math and tech books.
This book seems to cover a wide variety of topics in a very superficial way.
A good author will keep the readers imagining and solving problems before they learn the specific topic from the book itself and the author will also have the answers for imaginative readers' probable questions (might be in the subsequent chapters).
The authors of this book failed to achieve that. I'm buying "Distributed Algorithms" by Nancy A. Lynch
 It's alright... March 11, 2008
The best review I can give for this book is this: it's OK.
It's not terribly thorough, but it's easy to read. You're going to need some supplementary publications in order to fill in the gaps it leaves or just to answer the questions you will probably have popping up in your head.
I'd recommend reading this before anything else, though. All the other books are so immensely difficult to actually force yourself through that this provides a great "starter" so you're better prepared for what everyone else is going to throw at you.
 Bedtime reading! November 3, 2007
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
I bought the book in few months but already knew. These book is excelente and a best seller, the concepts are shows and have several examples about distributed systems such CORBA, WEB services, RMI, etc. I really have it by my side ever. Such a distributed systems software enginerring is very good to know theirs concepts abroad this area.
 Good book March 17, 2007
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I use this book as a teacher, I find it very complete and simple to understand, RMI examples are fine and good to improve the learning about distributed systemps.
I'm giving this book 4 stars, this book is good and perfect as an introductory learning but I have had often to complement the content using another books as well (like Distributed Systems: Principles and Paradigms (2nd Edition))
Hard to understand February 28, 2007
4 out of 6 found this review helpful
+ sturdy construction
+ intro to many topics
+ problems at end of chapter have page reference of the answer
- shallow coverage of too many topics
- some key learning points are left to the student in an intro book
- poor formatting and organization
= an intro book that doesn't build enough on the foundations and tries to cover too much in this growing field
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