Diamond Quorum Consensus for High Capacity and Efficiency in a Replicated Database System.

@article{DBLP:journals/dpd/FuWW00,
  author    = {Ada Wai-Chee Fu and
               Yat Sheung Wong and
               Man Hon Wong},
  title     = {Diamond Quorum Consensus for High Capacity and Efficiency in
               a Replicated Database System},
  journal   = {Distributed and Parallel Databases},
  volume    = {8},
  number    = {4},
  year      = {2000},
  pages     = {471-492},
  ee        = {db/journals/dpd/FuWW00.html, http://kapis.www.wkap.nl/oasis.htm/270348},
  bibsource = {DBLP, http://dblp.uni-trier.de}
}

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