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Parallel Independent Replicated Simulation on a Network of Workstations

Bellcore Morristown, NJ 07960

Parallel independent replicated simulation (PIRS) is an effective approach to speed up the simulation processes. In a PIRS, amultiple simulation runs are executed independently computers in parallel. The statistical properties for a PIRS may be affected by the scheduling policies. For an unbiased PIRS scheduling policy, a reliable distributed computing environment is required. We consider an unbiased PIRS scheduling policy on a distributed platform such as a network of workstations. We observe that including more computing resources may degrade the performance of PIRS. Simple rules are proposed to select processors for PIRS.

Key Words: Independent replicated simulation • parallel processing • fault tolerance • load balancing

SIMULATION, Vol. 64, No. 2, 102-110 (1995)
DOI: 10.1177/003754979506400204


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