IBM Community Tools (ICT) is a synchronous broadcast messaging system in use by a very large, globally distributed organization. ICT is interesting for a number of reasons, includ...
Justin D. Weisz, Thomas Erickson, Wendy A. Kellogg
In this paper, we introduce a prototype system designed to support mobile group socializing that has been appropriated for everyday use by 150 users over 18 months. The system sup...
The Amoeba group communication system has two unique aspects: (1) it uses a sequencer-based protocol with negative acknowledgements for achieving a total order on all group messag...
Group communication is the core of societal interactions. Therefore, artificial agents should be able to communicate with groups as well as individuals. However, most contemporary...
Sanjeev Kumar, Marcus J. Huber, David McGee, Phili...
A recent theoretical result proposed Sigma, a novel GM protocol that forms views using a singleround of message exchange. Prior GM protocols have required more rounds in the worst...