DocumentCode
3471563
Title
Theory and tool for estimating global time in parallel and distributed systems
Author
Hofman, Rutger ; Hilgers, Ursula
Author_Institution
Erlangen-Nurnberg Univ., Germany
fYear
1998
fDate
21-23 Jan 1998
Firstpage
173
Lastpage
179
Abstract
This article presents a method and a tool for estimating a global time base from local event traces. These event traces result from monitoring parallel and distributed systems of arbitrary topology, where the processors are working on a common application. The method relies on stability properties of physical clocks and on the causality relationships of cooperating processes. The tool copes with arbitrary communication structures, event trace formats, and any number of different clocks
Keywords
clocks; parallel processing; performance evaluation; arbitrary communication structures,; arbitrary topology; causality relationships; cooperating processes; distributed systems; event trace formats; global time estimation; local event traces; parallel systems; physical clocks; stability properties; Clocks; Delay estimation; Marine vehicles; Monitoring; Performance analysis; Protocols; Stability; Synchronization; Topology; Workstations;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Parallel and Distributed Processing, 1998. PDP '98. Proceedings of the Sixth Euromicro Workshop on
Conference_Location
Madrid
Print_ISBN
0-8186-8332-5
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/EMPDP.1998.647195
Filename
647195
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