Title :
Task allocation for maximizing reliability of distributed computer systems
Author :
Shatz, Sol M. ; Wang, Jia-Ping ; Goto, Masanori
Author_Institution :
Illinois Univ., Chicago, IL, USA
fDate :
9/1/1992 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
For distributed systems, system reliability is defined as the probability that the system can run an entire task successfully. When the system´s hardware configuration is fixed, the system reliability is mainly dependent on the software design. The task allocation problem is addressed with the goal of maximizing the system reliability. A quantitative problem model, algorithms for optimal and suboptimal solutions, and simulation results are provided and discussed
Keywords :
distributed processing; performance evaluation; reliability theory; storage allocation; distributed computer systems; quantitative problem model; software design; system reliability; task allocation; Application software; Computational modeling; Cost function; Distributed computing; Hardware; Heuristic algorithms; Real time systems; Reliability; Resource management; Software design;
Journal_Title :
Computers, IEEE Transactions on
