Two new fast heuristics for mapping parallel applications on cloud computing

Future Generation Computer Systems

Volumn 37, Issue , 2014, Pages 1-13

  De Falco, I ^a   Scafuri, U ^a   Tarantino, E ^a  

^a CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cloud computing; Communicating tasks; Heuristics; Mapping

Indexed keywords

CLOUD COMPUTING;

COMMUNICATING TASKS; FAST HEURISTICS; HEURISTICS; HIGH-PERFORMANCE COMPUTING APPLICATIONS; MAPPING PROBLEM; NEAR-OPTIMAL SOLUTIONS; PARALLEL APPLICATION; TASK INTERACTION GRAPH;

MAPPING;

EID: 84896991920     PISSN: 0167739X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.future.2014.02.019     Document Type: Article

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