Load balancing in arbitrary network topologies with stochastic adversarial input

SIAM Journal on Computing

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 616-639

  Anagnostopoulos, Aris ^a   Kirsch, Adam ^b   Upfal, Eli ^a  

^a Brown University   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dynamic load balancing; Efficiency; Stability; Steady state analysis; Stochastic adversary

Indexed keywords

DYNAMIC LOAD BALANCING; LOAD BALANCING PROTOCOLS; STEADY STATE ANALYSIS; STOCHASTIC ADVERSARY;

ALGORITHMS; GRAPH THEORY; INTEGER PROGRAMMING; MARKOV PROCESSES; NETWORK PROTOCOLS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PROBABILITY; RANDOM PROCESSES;

TOPOLOGY;

EID: 20544450851     PISSN: 00975397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1137/S0097539703437831     Document Type: Article

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