+ communicator comm; // communicator for this process
+ int ctrl_close_pending; // number of "close" messages to wait
+ // on ctrl channel
+ int data_close_pending; // number of "close" messages to wait
+ // on data channel
+ bool close_received; // true if we received a "close" message
+ bool finalizing; // true when finalize() is running
+
+ unsigned lb_iter; // counter of load-balancing iterations
+ unsigned comp_iter; // counter of computation iterations
+
+ double prev_load_broadcast; // used to ensure that we do not send
+ // a same information messages
+ double load; // current load
+ double expected_load; // expected load in bookkeeping mode
+
+ double& lb_load() { return opt::bookkeeping ? expected_load : load; }
+
+ // The load balancing algorithm comes here...
+ // Parameter "my_load" is the load to take into account for myself
+ // (may be load or expected load).
+ // Returns the total load sent to neighbors.
+ virtual double load_balance(double my_load);
+
+ // Virtually do some computation