Consensus Algorithms in Distributed Systems

Student: Vishnyakov Azim

Supervisor: Evgeny Isaev

Educational Programme: Business Informatics (Master)

Year of Graduation: 2019

Theme of the final qualifying work: "consensus Algorithms in distributed systems» Supervisor: Evgeny A. Isaev During the writing of the master's thesis, the theoretical foundations of distributed systems and, in particular, blockchain were studied. The most common consensus algorithms in distributed systems are studied, the features of their application are considered, and the advantages and disadvantages of these approaches are analyzed. In addition, the business case of a non-profit company was studied as a practical part of the study in order to select a suitable consensus algorithm. The research work contains 50 pages, including 4 figures and 5 tables; 21 references. Throughout the study, the following key words were identified: distributed systems, distributed registers, blockchain, consensus algorithms.

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