A. Ejnioui and R. F. DeMara, "Area Reclamation Metrics for SRAM-based 
Reconfigurable Device," in Proceedings of the International Conference on 
Engineering of Reconfigurable Systems and Algorithms (ERSA'05), Las Vegas, 
Nevada, U.S.A, June 27 - 30, 2005.

Abstract:Defragmentation is a fundamental resource management service allowing 
Reconfigurable Computing Systems (RCSs) to efficiently utilize resources when 
tasks are dispatched dynamically. Only well orchestrated interactions between 
the components of the reconfigurable resource management system can sustain the 
highest possible performance level for applications running on these RCSs. While 
scheduling and placement have been extensively studied, defragmentation and its 
impact on overall system performance is still not well understood. This paper 
quantifies factors related to defragmentation that can affect performance in 
terms of level sustainement. The paper concludes by proposing an experimental 
approach to study this problem.