Scheduling techniques for reducing processor energy use in MacOS

Wireless Networks

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 311-324

  Lorch, Jacob R ^a   Smith, Alan Jay ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER OPERATING SYSTEMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENERGY MANAGEMENT; HEURISTIC METHODS; PROGRAM PROCESSORS; REAL TIME SYSTEMS;

PROCESSOR ENERGY USE;

COMPUTER OPERATING PROCEDURES;

EID: 0031247499     PISSN: 10220038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1019177822227     Document Type: Article

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