Automatic parallel I/O performance optimization using genetic algorithms

Proceedings - 7th International Symposium on High Performance Distributed Computing, HPDC 1998

Volumn 1998-July, Issue , 1998, Pages 155-162

  Chen, Y ^a   Winslett, M ^b   Cho, Y ^b   Kuo, S ^b  

^a IBM ALMADEN RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISTRIBUTED COMPUTER SYSTEMS;

APPLICATION PERFORMANCE; EXECUTION ENVIRONMENTS; HIGH LEVEL DESCRIPTION; MULTIDIMENSIONAL ARRAYS; PARALLEL I/O SYSTEMS; PERFORMANCE OPTIMIZATIONS; SCIENTIFIC APPLICATIONS; SYSTEM CONDITIONS;

GENETIC ALGORITHMS;

EID: 84988770307     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/HPDC.1998.709968     Document Type: Conference Paper

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