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We consider an online preemptive scheduling problem where jobs with deadlines arrive sporadically. A commitment requirement is imposed such that the scheduler has to either accept or decline a job immediately upon arrival. The scheduler's…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2011-10-07 Shiyao Chen , Lang Tong , Ting He

Large Language Models (LLMs) have achieved remarkable success across a wide range of tasks, but serving them efficiently at scale remains a critical challenge due to their substantial computational and latency demands. While most existing…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2026-03-04 Yifan Sun , Gholamreza Haffari , Minxian Xu , Rajkumar Buyya , Adel N. Toosi

We are given a set of $n$ jobs and a single processor that can vary its speed dynamically. Each job $J_j$ is characterized by its processing requirement (work) $p_j$, its release date $r_j$ and its deadline $d_j$. We are also given a budget…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2013-09-09 Eric Angel , Evripidis Bampis , Vincent Chau

Task offloading and scheduling in Mobile Edge Computing (MEC) are vital for meeting the low-latency demands of modern IoT and dynamic task scheduling scenarios. MEC reduces the processing burden on resource-constrained devices by enabling…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2026-01-23 Arild Yonkeu , Mohammadreza Amini , Burak Kantarci

With the widespread adoption of 5G and Internet of Things (IoT) technologies, the low latency provided by edge computing has great importance for real-time processing. However, managing numerous simultaneous service requests poses a…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2024-09-17 Wang Yatong , Pei Yuchen , Zhao Yuqi

The following interdisciplinary article presents a memetic algorithm with applying deep reinforcement learning (DRL) for solving practically oriented dual resource constrained flexible job shop scheduling problems (DRC-FJSSP). From research…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2023-07-10 Felix Grumbach , Nour Eldin Alaa Badr , Pascal Reusch , Sebastian Trojahn

Edge intelligence (EI) allows resource-constrained edge devices (EDs) to offload computation-intensive AI tasks (e.g., visual object detection) to edge servers (ESs) for fast execution. However, transmitting high-volume raw task data (e.g.,…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2026-02-24 Xian Li , Suzhi Bi , Ying-Jun Angela Zhang

In this paper, we investigate the use of the deep learning method for solving a well-known NP-hard single machine scheduling problem with the objective of minimizing the total tardiness. We propose a deep neural network that acts as a…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-02-28 Michal Bouška , Přemysl Šůcha , Antonín Novák , Zdeněk Hanzálek

The increased use of deep learning (DL) in academia, government and industry has, in turn, led to the popularity of on-premise and cloud-hosted deep learning platforms, whose goals are to enable organizations utilize expensive resources…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2020-06-25 Vaibhav Saxena , K. R. Jayaram , Saurav Basu , Yogish Sabharwal , Ashish Verma

Scheduling deep learning (DL) models to train on powerful clusters with accelerators like GPUs and TPUs, presently falls short, either lacking fine-grained heterogeneity awareness or leaving resources substantially under-utilized. To fill…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2026-03-17 Abeda Sultana , Nabin Pakka , Fei Xu , Xu Yuan , Li Chen , Nian-Feng Tzeng

We present and study a new model for energy-aware and profit-oriented scheduling on a single processor. The processor features dynamic speed scaling as well as suspension to a sleep mode. Jobs arrive over time, are preemptable, and have…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2012-09-14 Peter Kling , Andreas Cord-Landwehr , Frederik Mallmann-Trenn

The problem of scheduling with testing in the framework of explorable uncertainty models environments where some preliminary action can influence the duration of a task. In the model, each job has an unknown processing time that can be…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2021-08-20 Susanne Albers , Alexander Eckl

We study classical deadline-based preemptive scheduling of tasks in a computing environment equipped with both dynamic speed scaling and sleep state capabilities: Each task is specified by a release time, a deadline and a processing volume,…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2014-07-04 Antonios Antoniadis , Chien-Chung Huang , Sebastian Ott

This study presents a machine learning-assisted approach to optimize task scheduling in cluster systems, focusing on node-affinity constraints. Traditional schedulers like Kubernetes struggle with real-time adaptability, whereas the…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2025-09-30 Leszek Sliwko , Jolanta Mizera-Pietraszko

In this work we study the problem of scheduling tasks with dependencies in multiprocessor architectures where processors have different speeds. We present the preemptive algorithm "Save-Energy" that given a schedule of tasks it post…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2008-06-09 Ioannis Chatzigiannakis , Georgios Giannoulis , Paul G. Spirakis

We present a number of novel algorithms, based on mathematical optimization formulations, in order to solve a homogeneous multiprocessor scheduling problem, while minimizing the total energy consumption. In particular, for a system with a…

Operating Systems · Computer Science 2015-11-13 Mason Thammawichai , Eric C. Kerrigan

Deep learning (DL) shows its prosperity in a wide variety of fields. The development of a DL model is a time-consuming and resource-intensive procedure. Hence, dedicated GPU accelerators have been collectively constructed into a GPU…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2022-06-02 Wei Gao , Qinghao Hu , Zhisheng Ye , Peng Sun , Xiaolin Wang , Yingwei Luo , Tianwei Zhang , Yonggang Wen

Work-stealing is a widely used technique for balancing irregular parallel workloads, and most modern runtime systems adopt lock-free work-stealing deques to reduce contention and improve scalability. However, existing algorithms are…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2026-03-09 Raja Sai Nandhan Yadav Kataru , Danial Davarnia , Ali Jannesari

Diverse workloads such as interactive supercomputing, big data analysis, and large-scale AI algorithm development, requires a high-performance scheduler. This paper presents a novel node-based scheduling approach for large scale simulations…

We consider the following shared-resource scheduling problem: Given a set of jobs $J$, for each $j\in J$ we must schedule a job-specific processing volume of $v_j>0$. A total resource of $1$ is available at any time. Jobs have a resource…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2023-10-11 Christoph Damerius , Peter Kling , Florian Schneider