On-Line Predicting Behaviors of Jobs in Dynamic Load Balancing

A key issue of dynamic load balancing in a loosely coupled distributed systemis selecting appropriate jobs to transfer. In this paper, a job selection policybased on on-line predicting behaviors of jobs is proposed. Thacing is used atthe beginning of execution of a job to predict the approkimate execution timeand resource requirements of the job so as to make a correct decision aboutwhether transferring the job is worthwhile. A dynamic load balancer using thejob selection policy has been implemelited. Exper…