Research Article

Handling Big Data Scalability in Biological Domain Using Parallel and Distributed Processing: A Case of Three Biological Semantic Similarity Measures

Table 8

Average time obtained using a distributed system (2, 3, and 4 slaves) with Enhanced Resnik and input data divided equally.

Sample SizeOriginal Resnik Average Time (ns) Threaded Resnik Average Time (ns) (Input Data Divided Equally) % Threaded Resnik Average Time (Input Data Divided Equally) vs. Original Resnik Average Time
2 Slaves3 Slaves4 Slaves2 Slaves3 Slaves4 Slaves

10565153.80E+081.48E+051.07E+10672287.86161.8818932926.63
10026184.949497.14E+042.90E+056.70E+08172.681007.512558621.76
100027907.820823.36E+042.65E+046.46E+0720.40-5.04231376.33
1000016287.98951.92E+041.61E+046.45E+0617.88-1.1539499.73
10000011844.268837.20E+031.15E+046.56E+05-39.21-2.915438.54
10000008273.1538244.31E+037.10E+037.15E+04-47.90-14.18764.24
Average24502.197086.34E+078.32E+041.91E+09112068.62191.023628104.54