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Scheduling Tree-Structured Tasks on Two Processors to Minimize Schedule Length
Author(s) -
Jianzhong Du,
Joseph Y.T. Leung
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
siam journal on discrete mathematics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.843
H-Index - 66
eISSN - 1095-7146
pISSN - 0895-4801
DOI - 10.1137/0402016
Subject(s) - scheduling (production processes) , schedule , generalization , computer science , mathematics , combinatorics , tree (set theory) , parallel computing , discrete mathematics , algorithm , mathematical optimization , operating system , mathematical analysis
Consider a set of n tasks with a tree-structured precedence relation and execution time of 1 or 3 units. We give an $O(n^2 \log n)$-time algorithm to find a minimum length schedule for these tasks on two identical processors. Possible generalization to the case of 1 or k units is also given.

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