Characterizing resource availability in enterprise desktop grids

Future Generation Computer Systems

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 888-903

  Kondo, Derrick ^a   Fedak, Gilles ^a   Cappello, Franck ^a   Chien, Andrew A ^b   Casanova, Henri ^c  

^a UFR 919 Laboratoire d'Informatique Pour la Mécanique et les Sciences de l'Ingénieur   (France)

^b INTEL RESEARCH   (United States)

^c University of Hawai'i at Manoa   (United States)

Author keywords

Cycle stealing; Desktop grids; Resource availability; Resource characterization

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENTERPRISE RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; PERSONAL COMPUTERS; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

CYCLE STEALING; DESKTOP GRIDS; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; RESOURCE CHARACTERIZATION;

DISTRIBUTED COMPUTER SYSTEMS;

EID: 34248551294     PISSN: 0167739X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.future.2006.11.001     Document Type: Article

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