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The recent development of open computer systems has led to new challenges for the management of computer resources and their efficient utilization [1,2]. Interconnected heterogeneous computer systems, operating in a highly parallel manner, are very different in their behaviour to those conventional computational resources operating in an isolated and non-interconnected manner. The management of these systems requires a new approach aimed at an efficient distribution of computational requirements in an environment subject to continuous change and evolution.
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Olafsson, S. (1996). Dynamic Task Allocation. In: Cochrane, P., Heatley, D.J.T. (eds) Modelling Future Telecommunications Systems. BT Telecommunications Series, vol 7. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-2049-8_16
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