Title :
Improved strategies for dynamic load balancing
Author :
Hui, Chi-Chung ; Chanson, Samuel T.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Sci., Hong Kong Univ. of Sci. & Technol., Kowloon, Hong Kong
Abstract :
The authors propose two strategies for dynamic load balancing: one takes network delay into account to avoid errors in scheduling jobs; the other also delays job execution when the system is fully used. These strategies are general and can augment existing algorithms
Keywords :
delays; local area networks; resource allocation; scheduling; dynamic load balancing; errors; job execution; local area networks; network delay; scheduling; Delay; Dispatching; Load management; Local area networks; Measurement; Multiprocessing systems; Processor scheduling; Steady-state; System performance; Workstations;
Journal_Title :
Concurrency, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/4434.788780
