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Figure 19.22 Power consumption.
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Figure 19.23 Load balancing index.
LBI indicates a higher workload distribution.
Load balancing index =
N
i
(X
i
−μ)
2
N
(19.4)
where
X
i
=
the number of messages processed by agents running on platform i
the amount of resources utilized by platform i and agents running on platform i
μ =
the average of X
i
=
the total number of messages processed by all agents
the total amount of resources utilized by all platforms and all agents
N =the number of available platforms