Task scheduling for parallel systems [electronic resource] / Oliver Sinnen.

A new model for task scheduling that dramatically improves the efficiency of parallel systems. Task scheduling for parallel systems can become a quagmire of heuristics, models, and methods that have been developed over the past decades. The author of this innovative text cuts through the confusion a...

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Online Access: Full Text (via Wiley)
Main Author: Sinnen, Oliver, 1971-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley-Interscience, ©2007.
Series:Wiley series on parallel and distributed computing.
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Table of Contents:
  • TASK SCHEDULING FOR PARALLEL SYSTEMS; CONTENTS; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1. Introduction; 2. Parallel Systems and Programming; 3. Graph Representations; 4. Task Scheduling; 5. Fundamental Heuristics; 6. Advanced Task Scheduling; 7. Communication Contention in Scheduling; 8. Processor Involvement in Communication; Bibliography; Author Index; Subject Index.