A new heuristic algorithm based on GAs for multiprocessor scheduling with task duplication

1997 3rd International Conference on Algorithms and Architectures for Parallel Processing, ICA3PP 1997

Volumn , Issue , 1997, Pages 295-308

  Tsuchiya, T ^a   Osada, T ^a   Kikuno, T ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHROMOSOMES; DIRECTED GRAPHS; HEURISTIC ALGORITHMS; PARALLEL ARCHITECTURES; SCHEDULING;

COMMUNICATION DELAYS; DIRECTED ACYCLIC GRAPH (DAG); GENETIC OPERATORS; MULTI PROCESSOR SCHEDULING; PARALLEL PROGRAM; SIMULATION STUDIES; TASK DUPLICATION;

SCHEDULING ALGORITHMS;

EID: 85018230557     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICAPP.1997.651499     Document Type: Conference Paper

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