One-dimensional partitioning for heterogeneous systems: Theory and practice

Journal of Parallel and Distributed Computing

Volumn 68, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1473-1486

  Pinar, Ali ^a   Kartal Tabak, E ^b   Aykanat, Cevdet ^b  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b BILKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Chain on chain partitioning; Dynamic programming; Load balancing; One dimensional partitioning; Parallel computing; Parametric search

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION CHANNELS (INFORMATION THEORY); HEURISTIC PROGRAMMING; NUCLEAR PROPULSION; PARALLEL PROCESSING SYSTEMS; POLYNOMIAL APPROXIMATION;

CHAIN PARTITIONING; CHAIN-ON-CHAIN PARTITIONING; DYNAMIC PROGRAMMING; EMPIRICAL STUDIES; EXACT ALGORITHMS; HETEROGENEOUS SYSTEMS; LOAD BALANCING; NON UNIFORM; NP-COMPLETE; ONE-DIMENSIONAL PARTITIONING; OPTIMAL LOAD BALANCING; PARALLEL COMPUTING; PARAMETRIC SEARCH; POLYNOMIAL-TIME ALGORITHMS;

REAL TIME SYSTEMS;

EID: 52949145248     PISSN: 07437315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpdc.2008.07.005     Document Type: Article

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