Adaptive locks for frequently scheduled tasks with unpredictable runtimes

Proceedings of the 11th Conference on Systems Administration, LISA 1997

Volumn , Issue , 1997, Pages 113-122

  Burgess, Mark ^a   Skipitaris, Demosthenes ^a  

^a OSLO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SEMANTICS;

ANTI SPAMMING; PERIODIC SCHEDULING; RUNTIMES; SCHEDULING INTERVAL; SYSTEM ADMINISTRATION;

SCHEDULING;

EID: 1642388558     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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