TY - CHAP
T1 - Resource re-allocation for data inter-dependent continuous tasks in grids
AU - Haberland, Valeriia
AU - Miles, Simon
AU - Luck, Michael
PY - 2017
Y1 - 2017
N2 - Many researchers focus on resource intensive tasks which have to be run continuously over long periods. A Grid may offer resources for these tasks, but they are contested by multiple client agents. Hence, a Grid might be unwilling to allocate its resources for long terms, leading to tasks’ interruptions. This issue becomes more substantial when tasks are data inter-dependent, where one interrupted task may cause an interruption of a bundle of other tasks. In this paper, we discuss a new resource re-allocation strategy for a client, in which resources are re-allocated between the client tasks in order to avoid prolonged interruptions. Those re-allocations are decided by a client agent, but they should be agreed with a Grid and can be performed only by a Grid. Our strategy has been tested within different Grid environments and noticeably improves client utilities in almost all cases.
AB - Many researchers focus on resource intensive tasks which have to be run continuously over long periods. A Grid may offer resources for these tasks, but they are contested by multiple client agents. Hence, a Grid might be unwilling to allocate its resources for long terms, leading to tasks’ interruptions. This issue becomes more substantial when tasks are data inter-dependent, where one interrupted task may cause an interruption of a bundle of other tasks. In this paper, we discuss a new resource re-allocation strategy for a client, in which resources are re-allocated between the client tasks in order to avoid prolonged interruptions. Those re-allocations are decided by a client agent, but they should be agreed with a Grid and can be performed only by a Grid. Our strategy has been tested within different Grid environments and noticeably improves client utilities in almost all cases.
KW - Client’s decision-making mechanism
KW - Continuous inter-dependent tasks
KW - Resource re-allocation
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85022203537&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/978-3-319-59294-7_16
DO - 10.1007/978-3-319-59294-7_16
M3 - Other chapter contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85022203537
SN - 9783319592930
VL - 10207 LNAI
T3 - Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
SP - 187
EP - 201
BT - Multi-Agent Systems and Agreement Technologies
PB - Springer Verlag
T2 - 14th European Conference on Multi-Agent Systems, EUMAS 2016 and 4th International Conference on Agreement Technologies, AT 2016
Y2 - 15 December 2016 through 16 December 2016
ER -