We consider the problem of scheduling n jobs with release dates on m identical parallel machines to minimize the average completion time of the jobs. We prove that the ratio of the...
Cynthia A. Phillips, Andreas S. Schulz, David B. S...
Job Management Systems (JMSs) efficiently schedule and monitor jobs in parallel and distributed computing environments. Therefore, they are critical for improving the utilization ...
Tarek A. El-Ghazawi, Kris Gaj, Nikitas A. Alexandr...
The M/G/K queueing system is one of the oldest model for multi-server systems, and has been the topic of performance papers for almost half a century. However, even now, only coar...
Varun Gupta, Mor Harchol-Balter, J. G. Dai, Bert Z...
We propose a new approach for scheduling with strict deadlines and apply this approach to the TimeConstrained Project Scheduling Problem (TCPSP). To be able to meet these deadlines...
T. A. Guldemond, Johann Hurink, Jacob Jan Paulus, ...
Security is increasingly becoming an important issue in the design of real-time parallel applications, which are widely used in the industry and academic organizations. However, ex...