Scheduling for Parallel Processing

• Main Author: Drozdowski, Maciej (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: London : Springer London, 2009.
• Series: Computer Communications and Networks,
• Subjects: Computer science.; Operations research.; Decision making.; Computer system failures.; Operating systems (Computers).; Algorithms.; Management information systems.; Management science.; Computer Science.; Operating Systems.; System Performance and Evaluation.; Algorithm Analysis and Problem Complexity.; Management of Computing and Information Systems.; Operations Research, Management Science.; Operation Research/Decision Theory.

To take full advantage of high performance computing, parallel applications must be carefully managed to guarantee quality of service and fairness in using shared resources. Scheduling for parallel computing is an interdisciplinary subject joining many fields, and the broadness of research yields an...

Table of Contents:

• Basics
• Vision of Scheduling in Parallel Systems
• Classic Scheduling Theory
• Parallel Tasks
• Scheduling with Communication Delays
• Divisible Loads
• Back to Scheduling Models.