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QUESTA
2010
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On the inapproximability of M/G/K: why two moments of job size distribution are not enough
The M/G/K queueing system is one of the oldest model for multi-server systems, and has been the topic of performance papers for almost half a century. However, even now, only coar...
Varun Gupta, Mor Harchol-Balter, J. G. Dai, Bert Z...
PE
2010
Springer
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Tail-robust scheduling via limited processor sharing
From a rare events perspective, scheduling disciplines that work well under light (exponential) tailed workload distributions do not perform well under heavy (power) tailed worklo...
Jayakrishnan Nair, Adam Wierman, Bert Zwart
IPPS
2006
IEEE
13 years 9 months ago
Modelling job allocation where service duration is unknown
In this paper a novel job allocation scheme in distributed systems (TAG) is modelled using the Markovian process algebra PEPA. This scheme requires no prior knowledge of job size ...
Nigel Thomas