Libra: A computational economy-based job scheduling system for clusters

Software - Practice and Experience

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 573-590

  Sherwani, Jahanzeb ^a   Ali, Nosheen ^a   Lotia, Nausheen ^a   Hayat, Zahra ^a   Buyya, Rajkumar ^a,b  

^a LAHORE UNIVERSITY OF MANAGEMENT SCIENCES   (Pakistan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cluster computing; Distributed computing; Gridbus; Market based computing; Scheduling

Indexed keywords

BUDGET CONTROL; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; PERSONAL COMPUTERS; PUBLIC POLICY; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SCHEDULING; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

CLUSTER COMPUTING; DISTRIBUTED COMPUTING; GRIDBUS; MARKET-BASED COMPUTING;

JOB ANALYSIS;

EID: 2342612708     PISSN: 00380644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/spe.581     Document Type: Article

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