Optimum Allocation of Processes in a Distributed Environment: A Process-to-Process Approach

The process allocation problem (PAP) concerned with the assignment of a number of communicating processes to a certain number (not known a priori) of identical processors in a telecommunications environment is examined. The objective is to minimize the total message-passing between processes residin...

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Veröffentlicht in:The Journal of the Operational Research Society Jg. 41; H. 4; S. 329 - 337
1. Verfasser: Sofianopoulou, Stella
Format: Journal Article
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: London Taylor & Francis 01.04.1990
Macmillan Press
Palgrave Macmillan UK
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Pergamon Press
Taylor & Francis Ltd
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ISSN:0160-5682, 1476-9360
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Zusammenfassung:The process allocation problem (PAP) concerned with the assignment of a number of communicating processes to a certain number (not known a priori) of identical processors in a telecommunications environment is examined. The objective is to minimize the total message-passing between processes residing on different processors subject to constraints on the processing power and storage c apacity (code-, data-storage and occupancy) of the processors. Constraints imposed on the co-location of certain processes on the same processor are also included. The problem is formulated as a 0-1 linear maximization problem, taking into account only the number of processes involved, while the number of processors required is produced automatically with the optimum solution. An implicit enumeration algorithm is developed which produces an optimum message-passing allocation. Computational results of a set of random problems which have similar characteristics to a real-world application in telecommunications are also presented.
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ISSN:0160-5682
1476-9360
DOI:10.1057/jors.1990.54