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Heuristic Algorithm for Balancing Load in Grid Task Scheduling
| International Journal of Computer Applications |
| Foundation of Computer Science (FCS), NY, USA |
| Volume 67 - Number 15 |
| Year of Publication: 2013 |
| Authors: V. Vasudevan, R. Vijayalakshmi |
10.5120/11475-7085
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V. Vasudevan, R. Vijayalakshmi . Heuristic Algorithm for Balancing Load in Grid Task Scheduling. International Journal of Computer Applications. 67, 15 ( April 2013), 38-41. DOI=10.5120/11475-7085
Abstract
Grid Computing is an important field that focuses on resource sharing. Grid Computing provides a secure, control and flexible resource access environment in a distributed network. One of the most critical issues in Grid Computing is efficient scheduling of the tasks. The main aim of Grid scheduling is to map the tasks onto the available processors and order their execution. Due to the dynamism and heterogeneity of the grid, an efficient scheduling algorithm that minimizes makespan with maximum resource is necessary. Efficient scheduling of jobs to the available grid resources makes effective utilization of the grid environment. Heuristic algorithms can be used for solving task scheduling problems, since it is shown to be NP-Complete. Efficiency of scheduling algorithms can be evaluated using the two important criteria makespan and resource utilization. A heuristic task scheduling algorithm that satisfies load balancing of resources on a grid environment is presented in this paper. This algorithm schedules the tasks which reduces the makespan of the jobs and increase the utilization of resources. The new heuristic task scheduling is compared with other traditional heuristics and the results are shown to predict that the new algorithm outperforms the other.
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