A performance study of multiprocessor task scheduling algorithms

Journal of Supercomputing

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 77-97

  Jin, Shiyuan ^a   Schiavone, Guy ^a   Turgut, Damla ^a  

^a University of Central Florida   (United States)

Author keywords

Communication delay; Heuristic algorithms; Parallel computing; Task scheduling

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; HEURISTIC ALGORITHMS; LINEAR ALGEBRA; PARALLEL PROCESSING SYSTEMS; PROBLEM SOLVING; SCHEDULING ALGORITHMS;

COMMUNICATION DELAY; TASK SCHEDULING;

PROGRAM PROCESSORS;

EID: 37649004659     PISSN: 09208542     EISSN: 15730484     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11227-007-0139-z     Document Type: Article

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