Title : 
Contractual operating system-design and problems
         
        
            Author : 
Cheuk, Wai-Kong ; Li, Chi-Kwong ; Chan, Wai-Yip
         
        
            Author_Institution : 
Dept. of Electron. Eng. & Inf. Eng., Hong Kong Polytech., Kowloon, Hong Kong
         
        
        
        
        
        
            Abstract : 
A new paradigm of contractual technology in computing has been proposed. This paradigm provides an alternative in resource management technique on network computing. It states that computer resources usage information should be made explicitly available to entities, which intend to use it. Therefore, a schedule of the usage of resources should be maintained. However, computation resources usage nowadays cannot be predicted. In this paper, a proposal of making computation resources to be predictable is presented
         
        
            Keywords : 
network operating systems; processor scheduling; resource allocation; workstation clusters; contractual operating system; network computing; resource management; Application software; Clocks; Computer networks; Contracts; Control systems; Operating systems; Processor scheduling; Proposals; Resource management; Time sharing computer systems;
         
        
        
        
            Conference_Titel : 
Cluster Computing, 1999. Proceedings. 1st IEEE Computer Society International Workshop on
         
        
            Conference_Location : 
Melbourne, Vic.
         
        
            Print_ISBN : 
0-7695-0343-8
         
        
        
            DOI : 
10.1109/IWCC.1999.810833