This paper analyzes the effect of overbooking for scheduling systems in a commercial environment. In this scenario each job is associated with a release time and a finishing deadl...
Data streaming applications, usually composed with sequential/parallel tasks in a data pipeline form, bring new challenges to task scheduling and resource allocation in grid envir...
This work describes a technique for improving network performance in Grid environments that we refer to as “logistics.” We demonstrate that by using storage and cooperative fo...
Load balancing is an important consideration when running data-parallel programs. While traditional techniques trade off the cost of load imbalance with the overhead of mitigating...
Multimedia applications have dynamic and adaptive realtime requirements. Current scheduling practice, as typified by UNIX System V Release 4, lacks the necessary information and ...