Title :
A reliability enhancement approach for computer networks and distributed applications
Author :
Kumar, Anup ; Ahuja, Sanjay P. ; Sundaram, Chitra ; Gupta, Y.P.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Eng. Math. & Comput. Sci., Louisville Univ., KY, USA
Abstract :
The authors address an important problem in reliability improvement of existing distributed systems. The reliability of a distributed system depends not only on the reliabilities of its communication links and computing elements, but also on the distribution of its resources which consists of programs and data files. A genetic algorithm based reliability improvement approach is discussed for distributed systems under a given budget constraint. The reliability parameters of a distributed system considered are terminal reliability and computer network reliability. To demonstrate the effectiveness of the genetic algorithm based approach, the results obtained from the proposed approach are compared with the optimal solutions computed using exhaustive search
Keywords :
computer network reliability; distributed processing; genetic algorithms; communication links; computer networks; data files; distributed applications; distributed systems; genetic algorithm based reliability improvement; programs; reliability enhancement approach; Application software; Computer network reliability; Computer networks; Distributed computing; Distributed control; Fault tolerance; Genetic algorithms; Redundancy; Resource management; Telecommunication network reliability;
Conference_Titel :
Computers and Communications, 1993., Twelfth Annual International Phoenix Conference on
Conference_Location :
Tempe, AZ
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-0922-7
DOI :
10.1109/PCCC.1993.344466
