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= Ricart–Agrawala algorithm
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The Ricart–Agrawala algorithm is a distributed mutual exclusion algorithm designed to ensure that multiple processes in a distributed system can safely and efficiently access shared resources without conflict. It was introduced by Rajeev Ricart and Ashok Agrawala in 1981. The algorithm is particularly useful in environments where processes operate independently and communicate over message-passing networks.