Derivation of self-scheduling algorithms for heterogeneous distributed computer systems: Application to internet-based grids of computers

Future Generation Computer Systems

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 617-626

  Díaz, Javier ^a   Reyes, Sebastián ^a   Niño, Alfonso ^a   Muñoz Caro, Camelia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CASTILLA LA MANCHA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Computational grid; Distributed systems; Load balancing; Self scheduling algorithms

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER APPLICATIONS; DATA DESCRIPTION; DISTRIBUTED COMPUTER SYSTEMS; DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS; INTERNET; RSS; SCHEDULING; TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORKS;

COMPUTATIONAL GRID; COMPUTATIONAL SYSTEMS; DISTRIBUTED SYSTEMS; EXPLICIT FORMS; INTERNET-BASED; LOAD BALANCES; LOAD BALANCING; ME-XICO; POOR PERFORMANCE; SELF-SCHEDULING; SELF-SCHEDULING ALGORITHMS;

SCHEDULING ALGORITHMS;

EID: 63649096925     PISSN: 0167739X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.future.2008.12.003     Document Type: Article

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