Prove eventual consistency for n clients

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Nicholas Kariniemi 2015-12-09 21:31:30 +02:00
parent 2747dd066d
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@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ assert Sync(5) [FD= (SYSTEM [|{| up |}|] MaxInputs(5)) \diff(Events, union(produ
-- 3 way sync: changes on 3 clients will sync to all
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- Can we extend our previous result to 3 clients?
-- Can we extend our previous result to 3 clients?
SyncThree(n) = |~| i:CLIENTS @ up!i!0 -> SyncThree'(n, n-1)
SyncThree'(n, 0) =
@ -132,4 +132,22 @@ SyncThree'(n, 0) =
SyncThree'(n, m) = |~| i:CLIENTS, t:TIMES @ up!i!t -> SyncThree'(n, m-1)
MaxInputSystem(n) = SYSTEM' [|{| up |}|] MaxInputs(n)
assert SyncThree(5) [FD= MaxInputSystem(5) \diff(Events, union(productions(up), {render.i.5 | i <- CLIENTS}))
assert SyncThree(5) [FD= MaxInputSystem(5) \diff(Events, union(productions(up), {render.i.5 | i <- CLIENTS}))
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-- N way sync: changes on n clients will sync to all
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sequences({}) = {<>}
sequences(a) = {<z>^z' | z <- a, z' <- sequences(diff(a, {z}))}
renderAll(sequence, t) = ; i:sequence @ render!i.t -> SKIP
SyncAll(n) = |~| i:CLIENTS @ up!i!0 -> SyncThree'(n, n-1)
SyncAll'(n, 0) = |~| renderSeq:sequences(CLIENTS) @ renderAll(renderSeq, n)
SyncAll'(n, m) = |~| i:CLIENTS, t:TIMES @ up!i!t -> SyncAll'(n, m-1)
assert SyncAll(9) [FD= MaxInputSystem(9) \diff(Events, union(productions(up), {render.i.9 | i <- CLIENTS}))
-- This proves that given n clients, if we restrict them to x inputs total from any client in any order, eventually all n clients will render the same state i.e. they will be in sync.
-- Note that this doesn't say anything about timing other except that eventually it will happen.