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Synthesis of Distributed Algorithms with Parameterized Threshold Guards

Authors Marijana Lazic, Igor Konnov, Josef Widder, Roderick Bloem

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  • fault-tolerant distributed algorithms
  • byzantine faults
  • parameterized model checking
  • program synthesis

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Abstract

Fault-tolerant distributed algorithms are notoriously hard to get right. In this paper we introduce an automated method that helps in that process: the designer provides specifications (the problem to be solved) and a sketch of a distributed algorithm that keeps arithmetic details unspecified. Our tool then automatically fills the missing parts.
Fault-tolerant distributed algorithms are typically parameterized, that is, they are designed to work for any number n of processes and any number t of faults, provided some resilience condition holds; e.g., n > 3t. In this paper we automatically synthesize distributed algorithms that work for all parameter values that satisfy the resilience condition. We focus on threshold- guarded distributed algorithms, where actions are taken only if a sufficiently large number of messages is received, e.g., more than t or n/2. Both expressions can be derived by choosing the right values for the coefficients a, b, and c, in the sketch of a threshold a·n+b·t+c. Our method takes as input a sketch of an asynchronous threshold-based fault-tolerant distributed algorithm — where the guards are missing exact coefficients—and then iteratively picks the values for the coefficients.
Our approach combines recent progress in parameterized model checking of distributed algo- rithms with counterexample-guided synthesis. Besides theoretical results on termination of the synthesis procedure, we experimentally evaluate our method and show that it can synthesize sev- eral distributed algorithms from the literature, e.g., Byzantine reliable broadcast and Byzantine one-step consensus. In addition, for several new variations of safety and liveness specifications, our tool generates new distributed algorithms.

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Marijana Lazic, Igor Konnov, Josef Widder, and Roderick Bloem. Synthesis of Distributed Algorithms with Parameterized Threshold Guards. In 21st International Conference on Principles of Distributed Systems (OPODIS 2017). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 95, pp. 32:1-32:20, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2018) https://doi.org/10.4230/LIPIcs.OPODIS.2017.32

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Marijana Lazic
Igor Konnov
Josef Widder
Roderick Bloem

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