Performance Prediction Of Multi-Agent Based Simulation Applications On The Grid

Autor: Dawit Mengistu, Lars Lundberg, Paul Davidsson
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2007
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DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.1059973
Popis: A major requirement for Grid application developers is ensuring performance and scalability of their applications. Predicting the performance of an application demands understanding its specific features. This paper discusses performance modeling and prediction of multi-agent based simulation (MABS) applications on the Grid. An experiment conducted using a synthetic MABS workload explains the key features to be included in the performance model. The results obtained from the experiment show that the prediction model developed for the synthetic workload can be used as a guideline to understand to estimate the performance characteristics of real world simulation applications.
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