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Main Authors: Abrahamson, Henry, Kim, Yongho, Park, Seongha, Wei, Ermin
Format: Preprint
Published: 2026
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.13514
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author Abrahamson, Henry
Kim, Yongho
Park, Seongha
Wei, Ermin
author_facet Abrahamson, Henry
Kim, Yongho
Park, Seongha
Wei, Ermin
contents Field-deployable edge computing nodes form a network and are used to complete scientific tasks for remote sensing and monitoring. The networked nodes collectively decide which scientific applications to run while they are constrained by various factors, such as differing hardware constraints from heterogeneous nodes and time-varying quality of service (QoS) requirements. We model the problem of task allocation as an optimization problem that maximizes the QoS, subject to the constraints. We solve the optimization problem using a dual-descent method, which can be easily implemented in a distributed way subject to the communication constraints of the network. Using a simulation that uses real-world data collected from Sage, a distributed sensor network, we analyze our policy's performance in dynamic situations where the required QoS and the nodes' capabilities change, and verify that it can adapt and return a feasible solution while accounting for those changes.
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spellingShingle Distributed Edge Computing Task Allocation with Network Effects
Abrahamson, Henry
Kim, Yongho
Park, Seongha
Wei, Ermin
Optimization and Control
Field-deployable edge computing nodes form a network and are used to complete scientific tasks for remote sensing and monitoring. The networked nodes collectively decide which scientific applications to run while they are constrained by various factors, such as differing hardware constraints from heterogeneous nodes and time-varying quality of service (QoS) requirements. We model the problem of task allocation as an optimization problem that maximizes the QoS, subject to the constraints. We solve the optimization problem using a dual-descent method, which can be easily implemented in a distributed way subject to the communication constraints of the network. Using a simulation that uses real-world data collected from Sage, a distributed sensor network, we analyze our policy's performance in dynamic situations where the required QoS and the nodes' capabilities change, and verify that it can adapt and return a feasible solution while accounting for those changes.
title Distributed Edge Computing Task Allocation with Network Effects
topic Optimization and Control
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.13514