Divisible load scheduling strategies on distributed multi-level tree networks with communication delays and buffer constraints

Computer Communications

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 93-110

  Veeravalli, Bharadwaj ^a   Yao, Jingnan ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Capacity constraints; Communication delays; Divisible loads; Load distribution; Processing time; Tree networks

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEURISTIC METHODS; PROGRAM PROCESSORS; REMOTE CONTROL; TELECOMMUNICATION LINKS; TREES (MATHEMATICS);

BUFFER SPACE; DIVISIBLE LOAD THEORY (DLT); TRAFFIC LOAD;

TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORKS;

EID: 0346962801     PISSN: 01403664     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-3664(03)00181-6     Document Type: Article

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