Assigning real-time tasks on heterogeneous multiprocessors with two unrelated types of processors

Real-Time Systems

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 29-72

  Raravi, Gurulingesh ^a   Andersson, Björn ^b   Bletsas, Konstantinos ^a  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR DE ENGENHARIA DO PORTO   (Portugal)

^b CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bin packing; Heterogeneous multiprocessors; Real time scheduling

Indexed keywords

BIN PACKING; COMPETITIVE RATIO; HETEROGENEOUS MULTIPROCESSORS; MULTIPLICATION FACTOR; PERFORMANCE GUARANTEES; REAL TIME SCHEDULING; STATE-OF-THE-ART ALGORITHMS; TASK ASSIGNMENT;

OPTIMIZATION; RESPONSE TIME (COMPUTER SYSTEMS); SCHEDULING;

ALGORITHMS;

EID: 84875826762     PISSN: 09226443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11241-012-9161-1     Document Type: Article

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