Dynamic Load Balancing for Systems under Heavy Traffic Demand and High Task Size Variation

目前的计算机系统无法应付极其繁重的通信需求。这样一个难题的解决方案是动态平衡系统服务器之间的负载。已经提出了几种解决方案，并在某些有限条件下（例如均匀分布）取得了进展。然而，在当前处理负载平衡核心问题的方法之外，还必须开展基础研究工作。考虑到现实情况是一个理论和实践上的挑战。本项目旨在为所研究的系统建立动态任务分配的理论和计算模型。这样做的好处包括大大改善了系统响应时间。

Current computer systems cannot cope with extremely heavy traffic demands. A solution to such a difficult problem is to dynamically balance the load across the system's servers. Several solutions have been proposed and demonstrate advances in certain limited conditions (e.g. uniform distribution). However fundamental research work must be undertaken beyond the current way of dealing with the core issues of load balancing. Accounting for realistic conditions is a theoretical and practical challenge. This project aims at developing theoretical and computational models for dynamic task distribution for the studied systems. The benefits include substantial improvement of the system response time.