Task Allocation in Distributed Data Processing

1 November 1980

journal article
Published by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in Computer

Vol. 13 (11), 57-69
https://doi.org/10.1109/mc.1980.1653419

Abstract

Load balancing increases throughput but creates interprocessor overhead. This research suggests that a programming approach is the task allocation strategy most likely to balance these conflicting factors.

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