On Multiprocessor System Scheduling

Journal of Combinatorial Optimization

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 377-392

  Deng, Xiaotie ^a   Dymond, Patrick ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; GRAPH THEORY; MULTIPROGRAMMING; OPTIMIZATION; RANDOM ACCESS STORAGE; SCHEDULING; STORAGE ALLOCATION (COMPUTER);

PARALLEL JOBS;

PARALLEL PROCESSING SYSTEMS;

EID: 0031701354     PISSN: 13826905     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1009790611712     Document Type: Article

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