From: Raphael Couturier <raphael.couturier@univ-fcomte.fr>
Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2011 14:09:52 +0000 (+0200)
Subject: introduction
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introduction
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@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ based on SimGrid which allowed us to conduct many experiments.
 
 \end{abstract}
 
-
+\section{Introduction}
 
 Load  balancing algorithms  are  extensively used  in  parallel and  distributed
 applications in  order to  reduce the  execution times. They  can be  applied in
@@ -65,8 +65,77 @@ algorithm which is definitively a reference  for many works. In their work, they
 proved that under classical  hypotheses of asynchronous iterative algorithms and
 a  special  constraint   avoiding  \texttt{ping-pong}  effect,  an  asynchronous
 iterative algorithm  converge to  the uniform load  distribution. This  work has
-been extended by many authors. For example, DASUD propose a version working with
-integer load.
+been extended by many authors. For example, DASUD proposes a version working with
+integer load. {\bf Rajouter des choses ici}.
+
+Although  the Bertsekas  and Tsitsiklis'  algorithm describes  the  condition to
+ensure the convergence,  there is no indication or  strategy to really implement
+the load distribution. In other word, a node  can send a part of its load to one
+or   many  of   its  neighbors   while  all   the  convergence   conditions  are
+followed. Consequently,  we propose a  new strategy called  \texttt{best effort}
+that tries to balance the load of  a node to all its less loaded neighbors while
+ensuring that all the nodes concerned  by the load balancing phase have the same
+amount of  load.  Moreover, when real asynchronous  applications are considered,
+using  asynchronous   load  balancing   algorithms  can  reduce   the  execution
+times. Most of the times, it is simpler to distinguish load information messages
+from  data  migration  messages.  Formers  ones  allows  a  node to  inform  its
+neighbors of its  current load. These messages are very small,  they can be sent
+quite often.  For example, if an  computing iteration takes  a significant times
+(ranging from seconds to minutes), it is possible to send a new load information
+message at each  neighbor at each iteration. Latter  messages contains data that
+migrates from one node to another one. Depending on the application, it may have
+sense or not  that nodes try to balance  a part of their load  at each computing
+iteration. But the time to transfer a load message from a node to another one is
+often much nore longer that to  time to transfer a load information message. So,
+when a node receives the information  that later it will receive a data message,
+it can take this information into account  and it can consider that its new load
+is larger.   Consequently, it can  send a part  of it real  load to some  of its
+neighbors if required. We call this trick the \texttt{virtual load} mecanism.
+
+
+
+So, in  this work, we propose a  new strategy for improving  the distribution of
+the  load  and  a  simple  but  efficient trick  that  also  improves  the  load
+balacing. Moreover, we have conducted  many simulations with simgrid in order to
+validate our improvements are really efficient. Our simulations consider that in
+order  to send a  message, a  latency delays  the sending  and according  to the
+network  performance and  the message  size, the  time of  the reception  of the
+message also varies.
+
+In the  following of this  paper, Section~\ref{BT algo} describes  the Bertsekas
+and Tsitsiklis'  asynchronous load balancing  algorithm. Moreover, we  present a
+possible  problem  in  the  convergence  conditions.   Section~\ref{Best-effort}
+presents the best effort strategy which  provides an efficient way to reduce the
+execution  times. In Section~\ref{Virtual  load}, the  virtual load  mecanism is
+proposed. Simulations allowed to show that both our approaches are valid using a
+quite realistic  model detailed in  Section~\ref{Simulations}. Finally we  give a
+conclusion and some perspectives to this work.
+
+
+
+
+\section{Bertsekas  and Tsitsiklis' asynchronous load balancing algorithm}
+\label{BT algo}
+
+Comment on the problem in the convergence condition.
+
+\section{Best effort strategy}
+\label{Best-effort}
+
+
+
+\section{Virtual load}
+\label{Virtual load}
+
+\section{Simulations}
+\label{Simulations}
+
+\subsection{Simulation model}
+
+\subsection{Validation of our approaches}
+
+
+\section{Conclusion and perspectives}