Sense of direction, topological awareness and communication complexity
Nicola Santoro · ACM SIGACT News · 1984
Based on some recent results, it is here argued that the communication complexity of distributed problems can be greatly affected by two factors hereby identified as 'sense of direction' and 'topological awareness'. It is also suggested that 'insensitivity' to either or both factors is an indicator of the inherent difficulty of a distributed problem. A bibliography of recent results is included.