The power of two choices in randomized load balancing

IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems

Volumn 12, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 1094-1104

  Mitzenmacher, Michael ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Choices; Distributed systems; Limiting systems; Load balancing; Queuing theory

Indexed keywords

CONSTANT FACTORS; DETERMINISTIC MODELS; DISTRIBUTED SYSTEMS; EXPECTED TIME; FINITE SYSTEMS; FIRST-IN-FIRST-OUT; KNOW-HOW; LIMITING SYSTEM; LOAD-BALANCING; NATURAL MODELS; POISSON STREAM; POWER-OF-TWO; QUEUING THEORY; RANDOMIZED LOAD BALANCING; SERVICE TIME; SMALL SYSTEMS; SYSTEM BEHAVIORS; SYSTEM DESIGN;

CUSTOMER SATISFACTION; GAME THEORY; OPERATIONS RESEARCH; QUEUEING THEORY; RETAIL STORES; SALES;

MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

EID: 0000016682     PISSN: 10459219     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/71.963420     Document Type: Article

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