Automatic queue sizing for dataflow applications

Automatic queue sizing for data flow applications for an integrated circuit is described. Queue sizes for queues of a dataflow network are initialized to a set of first sizes for running as distributed actors without having to have centralized control. If it is determined there is a deadlock, causes for the dataflow network being deadlocked are analyzed with a controller coupled thereto to select a first actor thereof. The first actor of the dataflow network is selected as being in a stalled write phase state. Queue size is incremented for at least one queue of the queues to unlock the first actor from the stalled write phase state. The running, the determining, the analyzing, and the incrementing are iteratively repeated to provide a second set of sizes for the queue sizes sufficient to reduce likelihood of deadlock of the data flow network.