On Load Balancing Approaches for Distributed Object Computing Systems

Journal of Supercomputing

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2004, Pages

  Cheung, Lap Sun ^a   Kwok, Yu Kwok ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Distributed object computing; Fuzzy decision; Java; JavaSpaces; Load balancing; Request redirection; Web servers

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER OPERATING SYSTEMS; DECISION THEORY; FUZZY CONTROL; JAVA PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE; SERVERS; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; WORLD WIDE WEB;

FUZZY DECISION; LOAD BALANCING; REQUEST REDIRECTION; WEB SERVERS;

DISTRIBUTED COMPUTER SYSTEMS;

EID: 0742290225     PISSN: 09208542     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:SUPE.0000009320.90845.0c     Document Type: Article

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