Using markov chain analysis to study dynamic behaviour in large-scale grid systems

Conferences in Research and Practice in Information Technology Series

Volumn 99, Issue , 2009, Pages 29-40

  Dabrowski, Christopher ^a   Hunt, Fern ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Discrete markov chain; Grid computing; Perturbation analysis; Piece wise homogenous markov chain

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE SYSTEMS; ANALYTICAL TOOL; COMPUTATIONAL EFFORT; COMPUTATIONAL RESOURCES; COMPUTING SERVICES; DISCRETE TIME MARKOV CHAINS; DYNAMIC BEHAVIOURS; EXECUTION PATHS; GLOBAL SYSTEMS; GRID SYSTEMS; HIGH STRESS; HOMOGENOUS MARKOV CHAIN; MARKOV CHAIN ANALYSIS; MARKOV CHAIN MODELS; MODEL DYNAMICS; PERTURBATION ANALYSIS; PIECE-WISE; SERVICE PROVIDER;

COSTS; GRID COMPUTING; RESEARCH;

MARKOV PROCESSES;

EID: 84869119795     PISSN: 14451336     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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