File allocation with balanced response time in a distributed multi-server information system

Information and Software Technology

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 27-35

  Cai, Wentong ^a   Lee, Bu Sung ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

File allocation; Load balancing; Multi server information systems; Optimization; Queuing theory

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISTRIBUTED COMPUTER SYSTEMS; HEURISTIC METHODS; INFORMATION SERVICES; INTERCONNECTION NETWORKS; QUEUEING THEORY; RESPONSE TIME (COMPUTER SYSTEMS); STORAGE ALLOCATION (COMPUTER);

DISTRIBUTED MULTISERVER INFORMATION SYSTEMS; FILE ALLOCATION;

MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 0032046465     PISSN: 09505849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0950-5849(98)00024-x     Document Type: Article

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