@InProceedings{mertzios_et_al:LIPIcs.MFCS.2016.68, author = {Mertzios, George B. and Nikoletseas, Sotiris E. and Raptopoulos, Christoforos L. and Spirakis, Paul G.}, title = {{Stably Computing Order Statistics with Arithmetic Population Protocols}}, booktitle = {41st International Symposium on Mathematical Foundations of Computer Science (MFCS 2016)}, pages = {68:1--68:14}, series = {Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)}, ISBN = {978-3-95977-016-3}, ISSN = {1868-8969}, year = {2016}, volume = {58}, editor = {Faliszewski, Piotr and Muscholl, Anca and Niedermeier, Rolf}, publisher = {Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik}, address = {Dagstuhl, Germany}, URL = {https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/LIPIcs.MFCS.2016.68}, URN = {urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-64805}, doi = {10.4230/LIPIcs.MFCS.2016.68}, annote = {Keywords: arithmetic population protocols, order statistics, median, k-minimum element} }