1 Single Channel and Star Network Configurations. - 1. 1 Introduction. - 1. 2 Load Balancing in the Single Job Class Environment. - 1. 3 Load Balancing in the Multi-class Job Environment. - 2 Overall vs. Individual Optimum. - 2. 1 Introduction. - 2. 2 Single Channel Communications Networks. - 2. 3 Star Network Configurations. - 2. 4 Multiclass Single Channel Networks. - 3 Tree Hierarchy Network Configurations. - 3. 1 Introduction. - 3. 2 Model Description and Problem Formulation. - 3. 3 Optimal Load Balancing. - 3. 4 Decomposability. - 3. 5 Proposed Algorithm. - 3. 6 Comparison of Algorithm Performance. - 3. 7 Link Communication Time and Node Processing Time. - 3. 8 Conclusion. - 4 Star Network with Two-way Traffic. - 4. 1 Introduction. - 4. 2 Model Description and Problem Formulation. - 4. 3 Necessary and Sufficient Conditions. - 4. 4 Proposed Algorithm. - 4. 5 Parametric Analysis. - 4. 6 A Numerical Example. - 4. 7 Discussion. - 4. 8 Conclusion. - 5 Tree Network with Two-way Traffic. - 5. 1 Introduction. - 5. 2 Model Description and Problem Formulation. - 5. 3 Necessary and Sufficient Conditions. - 5. 4 Decomposition. - 5. 5 Proposed Algorithm. - 5. 6 Comparison of Algorithm Performance. - 5. 7 Conclusion. - 6 Uniqueness. - 6. 1 Introduction. - 6. 2 Description of the Model. - 6. 3 The Overall Optimal Solution. - 6. 4 The Individually Optimal Solution. - 6. 5 Numerical Examples. - 6. 6 Concluding Remarks. - 7 A Survey of Dynamic Load Balancing. - 8 Static vs. Dynamic. - 8. 1 System Model. - 8. 2 Static and Dynamic. - 8. 3 Simulation Results. - 8. 4 Discussion. Language: English