DocumentCode :
2304075
Title :
The ship model-a new computational model for distributed systems
Author :
Chanson, Samuel ; Phillips, George
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Sci., British Columbia Univ., Vancouver, BC, Canada
fYear :
1990
fDate :
24-27 Sep 1990
Firstpage :
134
Abstract :
The authors present a new model of distributed computation called the ship model which helps solve the problem of location in a distributed system. In this model all entities are represented by ships. A ship contains both code and data and zero or more threads of control and represents a location into which other ships may move. Ships communicate by moving ships between each other. By representing location with ships, the ship mobility primitive unifies both code migration and inter-entity communication. Distributed programs can use mobility to capitalize on locality of reference and trade computation for communication. Not only can low speed lines be more effectively utilized, but network traffic in high-speed networks can be greatly reduced and interface to network services can be made simpler. A comparison with related work is also given along with a description of a prototype implementation
Keywords :
distributed processing; ships; code; computational model; data; distributed programs; distributed systems; high-speed networks; interface; low speed lines; network services; network traffic; objects location; ship mobility primitive; ship model; Computational modeling; Computer science; Distributed computing; File servers; High-speed networks; Marine vehicles; Prototypes; Telecommunication traffic; Workstations; Yarn;
fLanguage :
English
Publisher :
ieee
Conference_Titel :
Computer and Communication Systems, 1990. IEEE TENCON'90., 1990 IEEE Region 10 Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-87942-556-3
Type :
conf
DOI :
10.1109/TENCON.1990.152584
Filename :
152584
Link To Document :
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