JDGC: An integrated decentralized distributed computing platform for Java program

Abstract

Purpose – To utilize the idle computational resources in a network to collectively solve middle to large problems, this paper aims to propose an integrated distributed computing platform, Java distributed code generating and computing (JDGC). Design/methodology/approach – The proposed JDGC is fully decentralized in that every participating host is identical in function. It allows standard, single machine‐oriented Java programs to be transparently executed in a distributed system. The code generator reduces the communication overhead between runtime objects based on a detailed analysis of the communication affinities between them. Findings – The experimental results show that JDGC can efficiently reduce the execution time of applications by utilizing the networked computational resources. Originality/value – JDGC releases the developers from any special programming considerations for distributed environment, and solves the portability problem of using system‐specific programming methods.