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Locking

Locking is a concurrency control mechanism in database systems that prevents conflicting operations on shared data by restricting access to specific transactions during data manipulation.

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The notions of consistency and predicate locks in a database system

Kapali P. Eswaran, Jim Gray, Raymond A. Lorie et al. · Communications of the ACM · 1976 · 2K citations · Full text

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A Study of Locking Phenomena in Oscillators

R. Adler · Proceedings of the IRE · 1946 · 1.6K citations

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On optimistic methods for concurrency control

H. T. Kung, John T. Robinson · ACM Transactions on Database Systems · 1981 · 1.4K citations · Full text

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GPFS: A Shared-Disk File System for Large Computing Clusters

Frank Schmuck, Roger Haskin · 2002 · 1.2K citations

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A study of locking phenomena in oscillators

R. Adler · Proceedings of the IEEE · 1973 · 956 citations

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    Michael J. Carey

    University of Wisconsin–Madison, United States

    14 publications · 1.1K citations

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  2. AT
    Alexander Thomasian

    IBM Research - Thomas J. Watson Research Center, United States

    12 publications · 460 citations

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    C. Mohan

    IBM Research - Almaden, United States

    11 publications · 933 citations

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    Alan Fekete

    The University of Sydney, Australia

    10 publications · 555 citations

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    Abraham Silberschatz

    The University of Texas at Austin, United States

    10 publications · 236 citations

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  1. IBM (United States)

    Armonk, United States

    21 h-index

    51 publications

    13.2K citations

  2. IBM Research - Thomas J. Watson Research Center

    Yorktown Heights, United States

    19 h-index

    43 publications

    1.8K citations

  3. Carnegie Mellon University

    Pittsburgh, United States

    18 h-index

    48 publications

    6.3K citations

  4. University of Wisconsin–Madison

    Madison, United States

    18 h-index

    41 publications

    3.8K citations

  5. Microsoft (United States)

    Redmond, United States

    15 h-index

    22 publications

    3.2K citations

  6. University of Washington

    Seattle, United States

    14 h-index

    28 publications

    1.4K citations

  7. The University of Texas at Austin

    Austin, United States

    13 h-index

    33 publications

    1K citations

  8. University of Toronto

    Toronto, Canada

    12 h-index

    27 publications

    1.8K citations

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  2. Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma

    JOT · 24 publications · 1.1K citations

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  3. ACM Transactions on Database Systems

    TODS · 21 publications · 3.3K citations

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  4. PubMed

    Repository · 20 publications · 614 citations

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  5. Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

    JBJS · 16 publications · 2.3K citations

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