Parallel Objects Migration: A Fine Grained Approach to Load Distribution

Journal of Parallel and Distributed Computing

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 48-71

  Corradi, Antonio ^a   Leonardi, Letizia ^b   Zambonelli, Franco ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Active objects; Load balancing; Locality; Migration

Indexed keywords

EID: 0343644475     PISSN: 07437315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jpdc.1999.1593     Document Type: Article

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