Agent-based load balancing on homogeneous minigrids: Macroscopic modeling and characterization

IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 586-598

  Liu, Jiming ^a   Jin, Xiaolong ^a   Wang, Yuanshi ^b  

^a HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Agents; Convergence; Grid simulation; Homogeneous minigrids; Load balancing; Macroscopic modeling; Steady states; Task distribution

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MULTI AGENT SYSTEMS; OPTIMIZATION;

GRID SIMULATION; HOMOGENOUS MINIGRIDS; LOAD BALANCING; MACROSCOPIC MODELING; STEADY STATES; TASK DISTRIBUTION;

DISTRIBUTED COMPUTER SYSTEMS;

EID: 22944448972     PISSN: 10459219     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPDS.2005.76     Document Type: Review

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