A membership algorithm for the Partitioned Synchronous Distributed Systems Model (SPA)
membership algorithm, hibrid model, automation distributed systems, group communication, SPA
With the insertion of the Internet of Things concept in the industrial context, challenges related to distributed
automation systems have arisen, including with regard to communication, which is the main core of the performance
of these systems. Possible solution paths for communication can mitigate the obstacles encountered. In computational
terms, today's distributed automation systems resemble hybrid systems such as the partitioned synchronous
distributed systems model, SPA. Membership services manage communication groups between processes belonging
to a system and, together with a multicast service, form a group communication service that is a building block of
fault-tolerant distributed systems. In this sense, this dissertation introduces a membership algorithm for the SPA
model capable of managing multiple groups of processes and which has in its structure defect detection services
based on a perfect defect detector P; and consensus available for the SPA. The formally proven properties of the
algorithm were presented, as well as the elements of its simulation and evaluation, developed in a framework for
simulation and evaluation of distributed systems, HDDSS.