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Speed-robust scheduling is the following two-stage problem of scheduling $n$ jobs on $m$ uniformly related machines. In the first stage, the algorithm receives the value of $m$ and the processing times of $n$ jobs; it has to partition the…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2024-07-17 Josef Minařík , Jiří Sgall

We show that one can approximate the least fixed point solution for a multivariate system of monotone probabilistic polynomial equations in time polynomial in both the encoding size of the system of equations and in log(1/\epsilon), where…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2013-02-21 Kousha Etessami , Alistair Stewart , Mihalis Yannakakis

The scheduling literature has traditionally focused on a single type of resource (e.g., computing nodes). However, scientific applications in modern High-Performance Computing (HPC) systems process large amounts of data, hence have diverse…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2021-06-15 Lucas Perotin , Hongyang Sun , Padma Raghavan

We consider some flow-time minimization problems in the unrelated machines setting. In this setting, there is a set of $m$ machines and a set of $n$ jobs, and each job $j$ has a machine dependent processing time of $p_{ij}$ on machine $i$.…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2015-06-11 Nikhil Bansal , Janardhan Kulkarni

We study the problem of non-preemptively scheduling $n$ jobs, each job $j$ with a release time $t_j$, a deadline $d_j$, and a processing time $p_j$, on $m$ parallel identical machines. Cieliebak et al. (2004) considered the two constraints…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2017-05-25 René van Bevern , Rolf Niedermeier , Ondřej Suchý

Recently, the problem of multitasking scheduling has attracted a lot of attention in the service industries where workers frequently perform multiple tasks by switching from one task to another. Hall, Leung and Li (Discrete Applied…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2022-04-06 Bin Fu , Yumei Huo , Hairong Zhao

Multicore shared cache processors pose a challenge for designers of embedded systems who try to achieve minimal and predictable execution time of workloads consisting of several jobs. To address this challenge the cache is statically…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2012-11-26 Avinatan Hassidim , Haim Kaplan , Omry Tuval

We consider a problem of scheduling rigid parallel jobs on variable speed processors so as to minimize the total energy consumption. Each job is specified by its processing volume and the required number of processors. We propose new…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2018-11-29 Alexander Kononov , Yulia Kovalenko

We are concerned with the problem of scheduling $n$ jobs onto $m$ identical machines. Each machine has to be in operation for a prescribed time, and the objective is to minimize the total machine working time. Precisely, let $c_i$ be the…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2025-07-22 Yi-Ting Hsieh , Mong-Jen Kao , Jhong-Yun Liu , Hung-Lung Wang

Combinatorial optimization problems are considered to be an application, where quantum computing can have transformative impact. In the industrial context, job shop scheduling problems that aim at finding the optimal schedule for a set of…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-02-12 Mathias Schmid , Sarah Braun , Rudolf Sollacher , Michael J. Hartmann

We consider here the MultiBot problem for the scheduling and the resource parametrization of jobs related to the production or the transportation of different products inside a given time horizon. Those jobs must meet known in advance…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2024-01-02 Pierre Bergé , Mari Chaikovskaia , Jean-Philippe Gayon , Alain Quilliot

Motivated by applications in grid computing and project management, we study multiprocessor scheduling in scenarios where there is uncertainty in the successful execution of jobs when assigned to processors. We consider the problem of…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2007-05-23 Guolong Lin , Rajmohan Rajaraman

We consider the problem of scheduling $n$ jobs on $m$ uniform machines while minimizing the makespan ($Q||C_{\max}$) and maximizing the minimum completion time ($Q||C_{\min}$) in an online setting with migration of jobs. In this online…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2025-08-13 Hauke Brinkop , David Fischer , Klaus Jansen

This paper considers a recoverable robust single-machine scheduling problem under polyhedral uncertainty with the objective of minimising the total flow time. In this setting, a decision-maker must determine a first-stage schedule subject…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2022-03-08 Matthew Bold , Marc Goerigk

We study shared processor scheduling of $\textit{multiprocessor}$ weighted jobs where each job can be executed on its private processor and simultaneously on possibly $\textit{many}$ processors shared by all jobs in order to reduce their…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2024-01-26 Dariusz Dereniowski , Wieslaw Kubiak

We consider the problem of coded distributed computing where a large linear computational job, such as a matrix multiplication, is divided into $k$ smaller tasks, encoded using an $(n,k)$ linear code, and performed over $n$ distributed…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2021-10-06 Mahdi Soleymani , Mohammad Vahid Jamali , Hessam Mahdavifar

We consider fundamental scheduling problems motivated by energy issues. In this framework, we are given a set of jobs, each with a release time, deadline and required processing length. The jobs need to be scheduled on a machine so that at…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2016-10-27 Jessica Chang , Samir Khuller , Koyel Mukherjee

We consider the machine covering problem for selfish related machines. For a constant number of machines, m, we show a monotone polynomial time approximation scheme (PTAS) with running time that is linear in the number of jobs. It uses a…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2007-05-23 Leah Epstein , Rob van Stee

We consider a classical scheduling problem on $m$ identical machines. For an arbitrary constant $q>1$, the aim is to assign jobs to machines such that $\sum_{i=1}^m C_i^q$ is minimized, where $C_i$ is the total processing time of jobs…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2021-07-14 Lin Chen , Liangde Tao , José Verschae

We consider the weighted completion time minimization problem for capacitated parallel machines, which is a fundamental problem in modern cloud computing environments. We study settings in which the processed jobs may have varying duration,…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2022-06-28 Ilan Reuven Cohen , Izack Cohen , Iyar Zaks