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A Case for Stale Synchronous Distributed Model for Declarative Recursive Computation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 September 2019

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CARLO ZANIOLO
ARIYAM DAS
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Department of Computer Science, University of California, Los Angeles, USA (e-mails: ariyam@cs.ucla.edu, zaniolo@cs.ucla.edu)
CARLO ZANIOLO
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Department of Computer Science, University of California, Los Angeles, USA (e-mails: ariyam@cs.ucla.edu, zaniolo@cs.ucla.edu)
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Abstract

A large class of traditional graph and data mining algorithms can be concisely expressed in Datalog, and other Logic-based languages, once aggregates are allowed in recursion. In fact, for most BigData algorithms, the difficult semantic issues raised by the use of non-monotonic aggregates in recursion are solved by Pre-Mappability ( ${\cal P}$ reM), a property that assures that for a program with aggregates in recursion there is an equivalent aggregate-stratified program. In this paper we show that, by bringing together the formal abstract semantics of stratified programs with the efficient operational one of unstratified programs, $\[{\cal P}\]$ reM can also facilitate and improve their parallel execution. We prove that $\[{\cal P}\]$ reM-optimized lock-free and decomposable parallel semi-naive evaluations produce the same results as the single executor programs. Therefore, $\[{\cal P}\]$ reM can be assimilated into the data-parallel computation plans of different distributed systems, irrespective of whether these follow bulk synchronous parallel (BSP) or asynchronous computing models. In addition, we show that non-linear recursive queries can be evaluated using a hybrid stale synchronous parallel (SSP) model on distributed environments. After providing a formal correctness proof for the recursive query evaluation with $\[{\cal P}\]$ reM under this relaxed synchronization model, we present experimental evidence of its benefits.

Keywords

DatalogDeductive DatabasesRecursive QueryStale Synchronous Parallel ModelBulk Synchronous Parallel ModelParallel and Distributed Computing
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Theory and Practice of Logic Programming , Volume 19 , Special Issue 5-6: 35th International Conference on Logic Programming , September 2019 , pp. 1056 - 1072
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© Cambridge University Press 2019 

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