Design and Implementation of Dynamic Load Balancing Algorithms for Rollback Reduction in Optimistic PDES

In an optimistic parallel simulation, logical processes (Ips) proceed with their computation without any constraints. However, if the computing requirements of different lps are not balanced or if the processors are not homogeneous, some lps may lag behind in simulation time while others surge forwa...

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Published in:VLSI Design Vol. 1998; no. 3; pp. 271 - 290
Main Authors: Sarkar, Falguni, Das, Sajal K
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limiteds 01.01.1999
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process migration
performance study
load balancing
time warp
GVT computation
Genetic algorithms
ISSN:1065-514X
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Abstract In an optimistic parallel simulation, logical processes (Ips) proceed with their computation without any constraints. However, if the computing requirements of different lps are not balanced or if the processors are not homogeneous, some lps may lag behind in simulation time while others surge forward. In other words, if the simulation clocks of different lps are not progressing at the same rate, cascading rollbacks may occur nullifying the potential benefit of an optimistic parallel discrete event simulation (PDES). Hence it is necessary to balance the computational load on different lps in such a way that their local simulation clocks advance almost at the same rate. In this paper, we propose two algorithms for dynamic load balancing which reduce the number of rollbacks in an optimistic PDES system. Our first algorithm is based on the load transfer mechanism between lps; while the second algorithm, based on the principle of evolutionary strategy, migrates logical processes between several pairs of physical processors. We have implemented both of these algorithms on a cluster of heterogeneous workstations and studied their performance. The experimental results show that the algorithm based on the load transfer is effective when the grain size is greater than 10 milliseconds. The algorithm based on the process migration yields good performance only for grain sizes of 20 milliseconds or larger. In both of these cases the speed up ranges mostly between and 2 using four processors.
AbstractList Two algorithms are proposed for dynamic load balancing which reduce the number of rollbacks in an optimistic parallel discrete event simulation (PDES) system. The first algorithm is based on the load transfer mechanism between lps while the other is based on the principle of evolutionary strategy. Both algorithms are implemented on a cluster of heterogeneous workstations to determine their performance. The experimental results show that the algorithm based on the load transfer is effective when the grain size is greater than ten milliseconds, while the one based on process migration yields good performance only for grain sizes of 20 milliseconds or larger. In both cases, the speed up ranges mostly between 1 and 2 using four processors.
In an optimistic parallel simulation, logical processes (Ips) proceed with their computation without any constraints. However, if the computing requirements of different lps are not balanced or if the processors are not homogeneous, some lps may lag behind in simulation time while others surge forward. In other words, if the simulation clocks of different lps are not progressing at the same rate, cascading rollbacks may occur nullifying the potential benefit of an optimistic parallel discrete event simulation (PDES). Hence it is necessary to balance the computational load on different lps in such a way that their local simulation clocks advance almost at the same rate. In this paper, we propose two algorithms for dynamic load balancing which reduce the number of rollbacks in an optimistic PDES system. Our first algorithm is based on the load transfer mechanism between lps; while the second algorithm, based on the principle of evolutionary strategy, migrates logical processes between several pairs of physical processors. We have implemented both of these algorithms on a cluster of heterogeneous workstations and studied their performance. The experimental results show that the algorithm based on the load transfer is effective when the grain size is greater than 10 milliseconds. The algorithm based on the process migration yields good performance only for grain sizes of 20 milliseconds or larger. In both of these cases the speed up ranges mostly between and 2 using four processors.
Author FALGUNI SARKAR
SAJAL K. DAS
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