CONTROLLING PROCESSING NETWORKS

摘要

A method for allocating load to processing nodes in a processing cluster arranged as an object dependency network, the method comprising: establishing at a load allocation function a plurality of load allocation function attributes whose values are dependant on the values of attributes of the processing nodes; receiving requests for processing; determining to which of the processing nodes to allocate the requests for processing based on the load allocation function attributes; and allocating requests for processing to the processing nodes in accordance with that determination.