{"id":"https://openalex.org/W2049577985","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1002/(sici)1097-024x(199711)27:11<1283::aid-spe132>3.0.co;2-l","title":"Flexible and extensible load balancing","display_name":"Flexible and extensible load balancing","publication_year":1997,"publication_date":"1997-11-01","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W2049577985","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1002/(sici)1097-024x(199711)27:11<1283::aid-spe132>3.0.co;2-l","mag":"2049577985"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.1002/(sici)1097-024x(199711)27:11<1283::aid-spe132>3.0.co;2-l","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1002/(sici)1097-024x(199711)27:11<1283::aid-spe132>3.0.co;2-l","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S122199241","display_name":"Software Practice and Experience","issn_l":"0038-0644","issn":["0038-0644","1097-024X"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310320595","host_organization_name":"Wiley","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310320595"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Wiley"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Software: Practice and Experience","raw_type":"journal-article"},"type":"article","indexed_in":["crossref"],"open_access":{"is_oa":false,"oa_status":"closed","oa_url":null,"any_repository_has_fulltext":false},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5006619145","display_name":"Chi-Chung Hui","orcid":null},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I200769079","display_name":"Hong Kong University of Science and Technology","ror":"https://ror.org/00q4vv597","country_code":"HK","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I200769079"]}],"countries":["HK"],"is_corresponding":true,"raw_author_name":"Chi-Chung Hui","raw_affiliation_strings":["Department of Computer Science, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Hong Kong","Department of Computer Science, the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Hong Kong"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Department of Computer Science, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Hong Kong","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I200769079"]},{"raw_affiliation_string":"Department of Computer Science, the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Hong Kong","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I200769079"]}]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5111419175","display_name":"Samuel T. Chanson","orcid":null},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I200769079","display_name":"Hong Kong University of Science and Technology","ror":"https://ror.org/00q4vv597","country_code":"HK","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I200769079"]}],"countries":["HK"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Samuel T Chanson","raw_affiliation_strings":["Department of Computer Science, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Hong Kong","Department of Computer Science, the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Hong Kong"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Department of Computer Science, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Hong Kong","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I200769079"]},{"raw_affiliation_string":"Department of Computer Science, the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Hong Kong","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I200769079"]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":1,"institutions_distinct_count":2,"corresponding_author_ids":["https://openalex.org/A5006619145"],"corresponding_institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I200769079"],"apc_list":{"value":4220,"currency":"USD","value_usd":4220},"apc_paid":null,"fwci":1.0152,"has_fulltext":false,"cited_by_count":7,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.8121119,"is_in_top_1_percent":false,"is_in_top_10_percent":false},"cited_by_percentile_year":{"min":94,"max":96},"biblio":{"volume":"27","issue":"11","first_page":"1283","last_page":"1306"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10715","display_name":"Distributed and Parallel Computing Systems","score":0.9998000264167786,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1705","display_name":"Computer Networks and Communications"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10715","display_name":"Distributed and Parallel Computing Systems","score":0.9998000264167786,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1705","display_name":"Computer Networks and Communications"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10054","display_name":"Parallel Computing and Optimization Techniques","score":0.991100013256073,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1708","display_name":"Hardware and Architecture"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10772","display_name":"Distributed systems and fault tolerance","score":0.9879000186920166,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1705","display_name":"Computer Networks and Communications"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/computer-science","display_name":"Computer science","score":0.8096988201141357},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/server","display_name":"Server","score":0.7878793478012085},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/load-balancing","display_name":"Load balancing (electrical power)","score":0.7237547039985657},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/distributed-computing","display_name":"Distributed computing","score":0.5728275775909424},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/testbed","display_name":"Testbed","score":0.5476294755935669},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/flexibility","display_name":"Flexibility (engineering)","score":0.5157201886177063},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/architecture","display_name":"Architecture","score":0.4647125005722046},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/extensibility","display_name":"Extensibility","score":0.4419197142124176},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/round-robin-dns","display_name":"Round-robin DNS","score":0.4409988820552826},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/reuse","display_name":"Reuse","score":0.4343326687812805},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/scheduling","display_name":"Scheduling (production processes)","score":0.41742199659347534},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/operating-system","display_name":"Operating system","score":0.3858547806739807},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/computer-network","display_name":"Computer network","score":0.37530550360679626},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/the-internet","display_name":"The Internet","score":0.19664114713668823},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/engineering","display_name":"Engineering","score":0.12237778306007385}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41008148","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21198","display_name":"Computer science","level":0,"score":0.8096988201141357},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C93996380","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q44127","display_name":"Server","level":2,"score":0.7878793478012085},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C138959212","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1806783","display_name":"Load balancing (electrical power)","level":3,"score":0.7237547039985657},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C120314980","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q180634","display_name":"Distributed computing","level":1,"score":0.5728275775909424},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C31395832","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1318674","display_name":"Testbed","level":2,"score":0.5476294755935669},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2780598303","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q65921492","display_name":"Flexibility (engineering)","level":2,"score":0.5157201886177063},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C123657996","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q12271","display_name":"Architecture","level":2,"score":0.4647125005722046},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C32833848","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4115054","display_name":"Extensibility","level":2,"score":0.4419197142124176},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C102359118","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q178163","display_name":"Round-robin DNS","level":4,"score":0.4409988820552826},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C206588197","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q846574","display_name":"Reuse","level":2,"score":0.4343326687812805},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C206729178","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2271896","display_name":"Scheduling (production processes)","level":2,"score":0.41742199659347534},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C111919701","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9135","display_name":"Operating system","level":1,"score":0.3858547806739807},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C31258907","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1301371","display_name":"Computer network","level":1,"score":0.37530550360679626},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C110875604","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q75","display_name":"The Internet","level":2,"score":0.19664114713668823},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C127413603","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11023","display_name":"Engineering","level":0,"score":0.12237778306007385},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C33923547","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q395","display_name":"Mathematics","level":0,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C548081761","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q180388","display_name":"Waste management","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C187691185","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2020720","display_name":"Grid","level":2,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C153349607","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q36649","display_name":"Visual arts","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C35026560","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8767","display_name":"Domain Name System","level":3,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C142362112","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q735","display_name":"Art","level":0,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C105795698","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q12483","display_name":"Statistics","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2524010","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8087","display_name":"Geometry","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C21547014","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1423657","display_name":"Operations management","level":1,"score":0.0}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":1,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.1002/(sici)1097-024x(199711)27:11<1283::aid-spe132>3.0.co;2-l","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1002/(sici)1097-024x(199711)27:11<1283::aid-spe132>3.0.co;2-l","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S122199241","display_name":"Software Practice and Experience","issn_l":"0038-0644","issn":["0038-0644","1097-024X"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310320595","host_organization_name":"Wiley","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310320595"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Wiley"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Software: Practice and Experience","raw_type":"journal-article"}],"best_oa_location":null,"sustainable_development_goals":[{"display_name":"Industry, innovation and infrastructure","score":0.550000011920929,"id":"https://metadata.un.org/sdg/9"}],"awards":[],"funders":[],"has_content":{"grobid_xml":false,"pdf":false},"content_urls":null,"referenced_works_count":0,"referenced_works":[],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W2572577820","https://openalex.org/W2378514155","https://openalex.org/W2187193331","https://openalex.org/W2420971918","https://openalex.org/W2099583159","https://openalex.org/W2930819831","https://openalex.org/W2735252710","https://openalex.org/W160350457","https://openalex.org/W4285244004","https://openalex.org/W4244799386"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"This":[0],"paper":[1],"presents":[2],"the":[3,9,27,50,55,63],"design":[4],"philosophy":[5],"and":[6,18,32,74,80,83,96],"implementation":[7],"of":[8,29,65,89],"BALANCE":[10,12],"system.":[11],"is":[13,99],"a":[14,84],"flexible,":[15],"network":[16],"independent":[17,21],"computer":[19],"architecture":[20],"load":[22],"balancing":[23],"system":[24,59,77,94],"which":[25],"allows":[26],"building":[28],"reusable":[30],"parallel":[31,79],"distributed":[33,81],"applications.":[34],"By":[35],"implementing":[36],"related":[37],"services":[38],"as":[39],"bi":[40],"generic":[41,90],"servers":[42,56,91],"with":[43],"their":[44],"connection":[45],"endpoints":[46],"registered":[47],"in":[48],"BALANCE,":[49,66],"clients":[51],"can":[52],"easily":[53],"access":[54],"by":[57],"server":[58],"calls.":[60],"To":[61],"demonstrate":[62],"flexibility":[64],"several":[67],"widely":[68],"different":[69],"applications":[70,82],"have":[71],"been":[72],"implemented":[73],"evaluated,":[75],"including":[76],"servers,":[78],"scheduling":[85],"testbed.":[86],"The":[87],"use":[88],"to":[92],"improve":[93],"modularity":[95],"code":[97],"reuse":[98],"also":[100],"discussed.":[101],"\u00a9":[102],"1997":[103],"John":[104],"Wiley":[105],"&":[106],"Sons,":[107],"Ltd.":[108]},"counts_by_year":[{"year":2016,"cited_by_count":2}],"updated_date":"2026-03-26T15:22:09.906841","created_date":"2025-10-10T00:00:00"}