Genetics-based multiprocessor scheduling using task duplication

Microprocessors and Microsystems

Volumn 22, Issue 3-4, 1998, Pages 197-207

  Tsuchiya, Tatsuhiro ^a   Osada, Tetsuya ^a   Kikuno, Tohru ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Communication delay; Genetic algorithm; Multiprocessor; Task duplication; Task scheduling

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; EFFICIENCY; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; SCHEDULING;

COMMUNICATION DELAY;

COMPUTER NETWORKS;

EID: 0032140749     PISSN: 01419331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0141-9331(98)00079-9     Document Type: Article

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