COMET: A communication-efficient load balancing strategy for multi-agent cluster computing

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  • Yu-Kwong Kwok
  • Ka-Po Chow
  • Hai Jin
  • Kai Hwang
چکیده

—This paper proposes a new load balancing strategy, called Comet, for fast multi-agent cluster computing. We use a new load index that takes into account the cost of inter-agent communications. Agents with predictable workload are assigned statically to cluster nodes, whereas agents with unpredictable workload are allowed to migrate dynamically between cluster nodes using a creditbased load balancing algorithm based on the proposed load index. We have implemented and tested our load balancing strategy in a multi-agent cluster platform consisting of Linux PC machines. Experimental results indicate that the proposed Comet system outperforms traditional distributed load balancing strategies for applications with regular as well as irregular communication patterns.

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تاریخ انتشار 1999