Grid load balancing using intelligent agents

Future Generation Computer Systems

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 135-149

  Cao, Junwei ^a   Spooner, Daniel P ^b   Jarvis, Stephen A ^b   Nudd, Graham R ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Genetic algorithm; Grid computing; Intelligent agents; Load balancing; Service discovery

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DECISION MAKING; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; HEURISTIC METHODS; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; INTERFACES (COMPUTER); MULTI AGENT SYSTEMS; PROGRAM PROCESSORS; QUALITY OF SERVICE; SCHEDULING; SEMANTICS; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

GRID COMPUTING; LOAD BALANCING; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; SERVICE DISCOVERY;

INTELLIGENT AGENTS;

EID: 10444231297     PISSN: 0167739X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.future.2004.09.032     Document Type: Article

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