In this research we use a decentralized computing approach to allocate and schedule tasks on a massively distributed grid. Using emergent properties of multi-agent systems, the algorithm dynamically creates and dissociates clusters to serve the changing resource demands of a global task queue. The algorithm is compared to a standard First-in First-out (FIFO) scheduling algorithm. Experiments done on a simulator show that the distributed resource allocation protocol (dRAP) algorithm outperforms the FIFO scheduling algorithm on time to empty queue, average waiting time and CPU utilization. Such a decentralized computing approach holds promise for massively distributed processing scenarios like SETI@home and Google MapReduce.
@article{arxiv.1509.06420,
title = {A Multi-Agent System Approach to Load-Balancing and Resource Allocation for Distributed Computing},
author = {Soumya Banerjee and Joshua Hecker},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1509.06420},
year = {2015}
}
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