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In each step, a new ball is allocated into one of \\(n\\) bins, according to a distribution \\(\\vect{p} = (p_1, p_2, \\ldots, p_n)\\), where each ball goes to bin \\(i\\) with probability \\(p_i\\). When some bin first reaches a set threshold of balls, it registers a <em>win<\/em>, and resets its ball count to $1$. At the same time, bins whose ball count was close to the threshold also get reset on a win, to $0$ balls, being penalized for <em>almost<\/em> winning. We are interested in two questions: how often does <em>some<\/em> bin win (<em>system latency<\/em>), and how often does a <em>specific<\/em> bin win (<em>individual latency<\/em>)?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We provide asymptotically tight bounds for the system and individual latency of this general concurrency pattern, for arbitrary scheduling distributions \\(\\vect{p}\\). We find that, surprisingly, a simple characterization exists: in expectation, the system will complete a new operation every \\(\\Theta( 1 \/ \\| \\vect{p} \\|_2 )\\) steps, while thread \\(i\\) will complete a new operation every \\(\\Theta( \\| \\vect{p} \\|_2 \/ p_i^2 )\\) steps. The proof of this result is quite involved, as it requires a careful analysis of how the higher norms of the vector \\(\\vect{p}\\) influence the occupancy distribution of bins and latencies in this random process. Our result offers a simple relation between the scheduling distribution and the average performance of concurrent algorithms, which has several practical applications.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this work, we consider the following random process, motivated by the analysis of lock-free concurrent algorithms under stochastic schedulers. In each step, a new ball is allocated into one of bins, according to a distribution , where each ball goes to bin with probability . 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