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Gossip

Hans van Ditmarsch () and Barteld Kooi ()
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Hans van Ditmarsch: Université de Lorraine, LORIA, CNRS
Barteld Kooi: University of Groningen, Faculty of Philosophy

Chapter 10 in One Hundred Prisoners and a Light Bulb, 2015, pp 95-107 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract Six friends each know a secret. They can call each other. In each call they exchange all the secrets they know. How many calls are needed for everyone to know all secrets?

Keywords: Friend Knows; Gossip State; Amal Knows; Secret Protocol; Bharat (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-16694-0_10

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