Preliminary Performance results For MESSIAHS

			S. J. Chapin
		   Dept. of Computr Science
		    Kent State University



MESSIAHS is a set of mechanisms supporting task placement in
heterogeneous, distributed, autonomous systems.  MESSIAHS provides a
substrate on which scheduling algorithms can be implemented.  The
chief design goals for MESSIAHS include support for autonomy,
flexibility, scalability and efficiency.

This paper focuses on preliminary performance results obtained from
simulation experiments using the MESSIAHS mechanisms.  Three
algorithms from the literature were implemented, and their performance
was measured under a simulated load.  The results indicate that, for
the tested parameters and system architecture, MESSIAHS provides
efficient support for distributed scheduling algorithms.