Automatic methods for predicting machine availability in desktop grid and peer-to-peer systems

2004 IEEE International Symposium on Cluster Computing and the Grid, CCGrid 2004

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 190-199

  Brevik, John ^a   Nurmi, Daniel ^b   Wolski, Rich ^b  

^a WHEATON COLLEGE   (United States)

^b University of California at Santa Barbara   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DESKTOP GRIDS; FILE SHARING SYSTEMS; GRID COMPUTING SYSTEMS; PEER-TO-PEER SYSTEMS;

DISTRIBUTED COMPUTER SYSTEMS; PERSONAL COMPUTERS; PROBLEM SOLVING; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SCHEDULING; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS; TIME MEASUREMENT;

COMPUTER NETWORKS;

EID: 4544337911     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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