by Hsieh Shing Leung Arthur. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1997. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 78-81). / List of Figures --- p.viii / List of Tables --- p.ix / Chapter 1 --- Introduction --- p.1 / Chapter 2 --- Background and Related Work --- p.4 / Chapter 2.1 --- Load Distribution --- p.4 / Chapter 2.1.1 --- Load Index --- p.5 / Chapter 2.1.2 --- Task Transfer Mechanism --- p.5 / Chapter 2.1.3 --- Load Distribution Facility --- p.6 / Chapter 2.2 --- Load Distribution Algorithm --- p.6 / Chapter 2.2.1 --- Classification --- p.6 / Chapter 2.2.2 --- Components --- p.7 / Chapter 2.2.3 --- Stability and Effectiveness --- p.9 / Chapter 2.3 --- The Mach Operating System --- p.10 / Chapter 2.3.1 --- Mach kernel abstractions --- p.10 / Chapter 2.3.2 --- Mach kernel features --- p.11 / Chapter 2.4 --- Related Work --- p.12 / Chapter 3 --- The Design of Distributed Scheduling Framework --- p.16 / Chapter 3.1 --- System Model --- p.16 / Chapter 3.2 --- Design Objectives and Decisions --- p.17 / Chapter 3.3 --- An Overview of DSF Architecture --- p.17 / Chapter 3.4 --- The DSF server --- p.18 / Chapter 3.4.1 --- Load Information Module --- p.19 / Chapter 3.4.2 --- Movement Module --- p.22 / Chapter 3.4.3 --- Decision Module --- p.25 / Chapter 3.5 --- LD library --- p.28 / Chapter 3.6 --- User-Agent --- p.29 / Chapter 4 --- The System Implementation --- p.33 / Chapter 4.1 --- Shared data structure --- p.33 / Chapter 4.2 --- Synchronization --- p.37 / Chapter 4.3 --- Reentrant library --- p.39 / Chapter 4.4 --- Interprocess communication (IPC) --- p.42 / Chapter 4.4.1 --- Mach IPC --- p.42 / Chapter 4.4.2 --- Socket IPC --- p.43 / Chapter 5 --- Experimental Studies --- p.47 / Chapter 5.1 --- Load Distribution algorithms --- p.47 / Chapter 5.2 --- Experimental environment --- p.49 / Chapter 5.3 --- Experimental results --- p.50 / Chapter 5.3.1 --- Performance of LD algorithms --- p.50 / Chapter 5.3.2 --- Degree of task transfer --- p.54 / Chapter 5.3.3 --- Effect of threshold value --- p.55 / Chapter 6 --- Conclusion and Future Work --- p.57 / Chapter 6.1 --- Summary and Conclusion --- p.57 / Chapter 6.2 --- Future Work --- p.58 / Chapter A --- LD Library --- p.60 / Chapter B --- Sample Implementation of LD algorithms --- p.65 / Chapter B.l --- LOWEST --- p.65 / Chapter B.2 --- THRHLD --- p.67 / Chapter C --- Installation Guide --- p.71 / Chapter C.1 --- Software Requirement --- p.71 / Chapter C.2 --- Installation Steps --- p.72 / Chapter C.3 --- Configuration --- p.73 / Chapter D --- User's Guide --- p.74 / Chapter D.1 --- The DSF server --- p.74 / Chapter D.2 --- The User Agent --- p.74 / Chapter D.3 --- LD experiment --- p.77 / Bibliography --- p.78
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:cuhk.edu.hk/oai:cuhk-dr:cuhk_322683 |
| Date | January 1997 |
| Contributors | Hsieh, Shing Leung Arthur., Chinese University of Hong Kong Graduate School. Division of Computer Science and Engineering. |
| Source Sets | The Chinese University of Hong Kong |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text, bibliography |
| Format | print, ix, 81 leaves : ill ; 30 cm. |
| Rights | Use of this resource is governed by the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons “Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International” License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) |
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