Game-theoretic approach for load balancing in computational grids

IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 66-76

  Subrata, Riky ^a   Zomaya, Albert Y ^a   Landfeldt, Bjorn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Game theory; Grid computing; Load balancing; Scheduling

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; FAULT TOLERANT COMPUTER SYSTEMS; GAME THEORY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SCHEDULING ALGORITHMS; TELECOMMUNICATION LINKS;

NASH EQUILIBRIUM; NON-COOPERATIVE GAME;

GRID COMPUTING;

EID: 37149017641     PISSN: 10459219     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPDS.2007.70710     Document Type: Article

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