Dynamic Scheduling for Heterogeneous Desktop Grids

Desktop Grids have emerged as an important methodology to harness the idle cycles of millions of participant desktop PCs over the Internet. However, to effectively utilize the resources of a Desktop Grid, it is necessary to use scheduling policies suitable for such systems. A scheduling policy must be applicable to large-scale systems involving large numbers of machines. Also, the policy must be fault-aware in the sense that it copes with …