Dynamic load balancing of applications

Patent · Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1997

OSTI ID:870951

Wheat, Stephen R ^[1]

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1. Albuquerque, NM

An application-level method for dynamically maintaining global load balance on a parallel computer, particularly on massively parallel MIMD computers. Global load balancing is achieved by overlapping neighborhoods of processors, where each neighborhood performs local load balancing. The method supports a large class of finite element and finite difference based applications and provides an automatic element management system to which applications are easily integrated.

• Research Organization: AT&T
• DOE Contract Number: AC04-76DP00789
• Assignee: Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, NM)
• Patent Number(s): US 5630129
• OSTI ID: 870951
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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