Reliability of task graph schedules with transient and fail-stop failures: Complexity and algorithms

Journal of Scheduling

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 615-627

  Benoit, Anne ^a,b   Canon, Louis Claude ^c,d   Jeannot, Emmanuel ^d,e   Robert, Yves ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^b INSTITUT UNIVERSITAIRE DE FRANCE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

^d INRIA   (France)

^e UNIVERSITÉ BORDEAUX 1   (France)

Author keywords

Algorithms; Complexity results; Fail stop and transient failures; Reliability; Task graph schedules

Indexed keywords

COMPLEXITY RESULTS; EVALUATION COST; FAIL-STOP FAILURES; RELIABILITY PROBLEMS; TASK GRAPH;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY;

RELIABILITY;

EID: 84870530759     PISSN: 10946136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10951-011-0236-y     Document Type: Article

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