How fair is your computer when it shares resources?
Computers that share memory or processing time must be fair so people get what they need, but fairness is hard to say with words alone.
Here is a simple number you can use: the fairness index, a score that lives between 0 and 1.
A score near zero means many users get left out, a score near one means sharing is even.
The idea works for any kind of resource sharing, big or small, so it does not depend on how much resource there is.
If you prefer to see how much bias exists, use the discrimination index, which is just one minus fairness.
This makes it easy to compare systems, and to spot when change is needed.
Think of it like a simple meter — you look and quickly know if things are balanced or not.
Small changes in the system can move the score a lot, so watching the number helps fix unfairness before users feel it.
Read article comprehensive review in Paperium.net:
A Quantitative Measure Of Fairness And Discrimination For Resource Allocation InShared Computer Systems
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