Dynamic space-sharing in computer systems

  • Authors:
  • L. A. Belady;C. J. Kuehner

  • Affiliations:
  • IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center, Yorktown Heights, NY;IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center, Yorktown Heights, NY

  • Venue:
  • Communications of the ACM
  • Year:
  • 1969

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Abstract

A formalization of relationships between space-sharing, program behavior, and processor efficiency in computer systems is presented. Concepts of value and cost of space allocation per task are defined and then value and cost are combined to develop a single parameter termed value per unit cost.The intent is to illustrate a possible analytic approach to the investigation of the problems of space-sharing and to demonstrate the method on sample problems.