Scheduling in Distributed Computing Systems : Analysis, Design and Models

This book intends to inculcate the innovative ideas for the scheduling aspect in distributed computing systems. Although the models in this book have been designed for distributed systems, the same information is applicable for any type of system. The book will dramatically improve the design and management of the processes for industry professionals. It deals exclusively with the scheduling aspect, which finds little space in other distributed operating system books. Structured for a professional audience composed of researchers and practitioners in industry, this book is also suitable as a reference for graduate-level students. "Scheduling in Distributed Computing Systems: Analysis, Design and Models is a research monograph that intends to inculcate the innovative ideas for the scheduling aspect. Although the models in this book have been designed for distributed computing systems, the same information is applicable for any type of system that requires distributed processing." "Scheduling in Distributed Computing Systems: Analysis, Design and Models is supposed to dramatically improve the design and management of the processes for industry professionals. This book deals exclusively with the scheduling aspect, which finds little space in other distributed operating system books." "Scheduling in Distributed Computing Systems: Analysis, Design and Models is structured for a professional audience composed of researchers and practitioners in industry. This book is also suitable as a reference for graduate-level students in management sciences, and computer science for distributed computing system classes"--Jacket Cover......Page 1 Scheduling in Distributed Computing Systems......Page 4 ISBN-13: 9780387744803......Page 5 ACKNOWLEDEGEMENT......Page 6 PREFACE......Page 8 TABLE OF CONTENTS......Page 14 1 Introduction......Page 16 2 An Overview of a Distributed System......Page 32 3 Scheduling Problem......Page 46 4 Load Balancing in DCS......Page 62 5 Known Task Allocation Models......Page 76 6 Load Balancing Task Allocation (LBTA)......Page 104 7 GA Based Task Allocation Models......Page 118 8 Allocation of Multiple Tasks in DCS......Page 140 9 Other Approaches for Task Allocation......Page 234 10 Scheduling in Computational Grid......Page 256 11 Concluding Remarks......Page 268 ABBREVIATIONS......Page 279 Appendix A......Page 280 Appendix B......Page 292 Index......Page 308