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Optimal parallelization of Las Vegas algorithms

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STACS 94 (STACS 1994)

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We describe a parallel simulation strategy with optimal expected running time for Las Vegas Algorithms. This strategy has been implemented on a network of workstations and applied to a randomized automated theorem prover.

Research supported in part by NSF Grants CCR-9016468 & CCR-9304722 and grant No. 89-00312 & 92-00226 from the United States-Israel Binational Science Foundation (BSF), Jerusalem, Israel.

Research supported by an ICSI Postdoctoral Fellowship.

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  1. International Computer Science Institute, Berkeley, California

    Michael Luby & Wolfgang Ertel

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Patrice Enjalbert Ernst W. Mayr Klaus W. Wagner

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Luby, M., Ertel, W. (1994). Optimal parallelization of Las Vegas algorithms. In: Enjalbert, P., Mayr, E.W., Wagner, K.W. (eds) STACS 94. STACS 1994. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 775. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-57785-8_163

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