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Virtual Computing

Concept, Design, and Evaluation

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  • © 2001

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Authors:
  1. Dongmin Kim

    1. Wide Area Network Design Laboratory (WANDL), Boundbrook, USA

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  2. Salim Hariri

    1. The University of Arizona, USA

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Part of the book series: The Springer International Series in Engineering and Computer Science (SECS, volume 633)

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxi
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  2. Trends in Parallel and Distributed Computing

    • Dongmin Kim, Salim Hariri
    Pages 1-11

  3. Parallel and Distributed Computing Environment

    • Dongmin Kim, Salim Hariri
    Pages 13-23

  4. Trends Toward Virtual Computing

    • Dongmin Kim, Salim Hariri
    Pages 25-33

  5. Adaptive Distributed Virtual Computing Environment (ADViCE)

    • Dongmin Kim, Salim Hariri
    Pages 35-51

  6. Resource Allocation and Scheduling

    • Dongmin Kim, Salim Hariri
    Pages 53-60

  7. Analysis and Prediction of Task Execution

    • Dongmin Kim, Salim Hariri
    Pages 61-77

  8. Task-Scheduling Algorithm

    • Dongmin Kim, Salim Hariri
    Pages 79-86

  9. Experimental Results and Analysis

    • Dongmin Kim, Salim Hariri
    Pages 87-108

  10. Summary and Future Directions

    • Dongmin Kim, Salim Hariri
    Pages 109-112

  11. Back Matter

    Pages 113-124
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The evolution of modern computers began more than 50 years ago and has been driven to a large extend by rapid advances in electronic technology during that period. The first computers ran one application (user) at a time. Without the benefit of operating systems or compilers, the application programmers were responsible for managing all aspects of the hardware. The introduction of compilers allowed programmers to express algorithms in abstract terms without being concerned with the bit level details of their implementation. Time sharing operating systems took computing systems one step further and allowed several users and/or applications to time share the computing services of com­ puters. With the advances of networks and software tools, users and applications were able to time share the logical and physical services that are geographically dispersed across one or more networks. Virtual Computing (VC) concept aims at providing ubiquitous open computing services in analogous way to the services offered by Telephone and Elec­ trical (utility) companies. The VC environment should be dynamically setup to meet the requirements of a single user and/or application. The design and development of a dynamically programmable virtual comput­ ing environments is a challenging research problem. However, the recent advances in processing and network technology and software tools have successfully solved many of the obstacles facing the wide deployment of virtual computing environments as will be outlined next.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Wide Area Network Design Laboratory (WANDL), Boundbrook, USA

    Dongmin Kim

  • The University of Arizona, USA

    Salim Hariri

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