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We consider the problem of scheduling jobs with equal lengths on uniform parallel batch machines with non-identical capacities where each job can only be processed on a specified subset of machines called its processing set. For the case of…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2017-08-22 Shuguang Li

We consider the problem of efficiently scheduling jobs with precedence constraints on a set of identical machines in the presence of a uniform communication delay. Such precedence-constrained jobs can be modeled as a directed acyclic graph,…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2022-02-01 Quanquan C. Liu , Manish Purohit , Zoya Svitkina , Erik Vee , Joshua R. Wang

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

In this paper, we proposed an effective approach for scheduling of multiprocessor unit time tasks with chain precedence on to large multiprocessor system. The proposed longest chain maximum processor scheduling algorithm is proved to be…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2015-08-14 T. K. Agrawal , R. Sharma , M. Ghose , A. Sahu

We study a scheduling problem in which jobs may be split into parts, where the parts of a split job may be processed simultaneously on more than one machine. Each part of a job requires a setup time, however, on the machine where the job…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2012-12-11 Frans Schalekamp , Rene Sitters , Suzanne van der Ster , Leen Stougie , Victor Verdugo , Anke van Zuylen

This paper considers the basic problem of scheduling jobs online with preemption to maximize the number of jobs completed by their deadline on $m$ identical machines. The main result is an $O(1)$ competitive deterministic algorithm for any…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2024-08-26 Benjamin Moseley , Kirk Pruhs , Clifford Stein , Rudy Zhou

The paper considers scheduling on parallel machines under the constraint that some pairs of jobs cannot be processed concurrently. Each job has an associated weight, and all jobs have the same deadline. The objective is to maximise the…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2021-06-15 Yakov Zinder , Joanna Berlińska , Charlie Peter

Due to the ubiquity of batch data processing in cloud computing, the related problem of scheduling malleable batch tasks and its extensions have received significant attention recently. In this paper, we consider a fundamental model where a…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2018-02-06 Xiaohu Wu , Patrick Loiseau

This research addresses the multiprocessor scheduling problem of hard real-time systems, and it especially focuses on optimal and global schedulers when practical constraints are taken into account. First, we propose an improvement of the…

Operating Systems · Computer Science 2011-01-25 Shelby Funk , Vincent Nelis , Joel Goossens , Dragomir Milojevic , Geoffrey Nelissen

This paper addresses the problem of scheduling jobs on identical machines with conflict constraints, where certain jobs cannot be scheduled simultaneously on different machines. We focus on the case where conflicts can be represented by a…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2025-07-03 Nour ElHouda Tellache , Lydia Aoudia , Mourad Boudhar

Algorithms with predictions is a recent framework that has been used to overcome pessimistic worst-case bounds in incomplete information settings. In the context of scheduling, very recent work has leveraged machine-learned predictions to…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2022-12-08 Eric Balkanski , Tingting Ou , Clifford Stein , Hao-Ting Wei

We consider the classic problem of scheduling jobs with precedence constraints on identical machines to minimize makespan, in the presence of communication delays. In this setting, denoted by $\mathsf{P} \mid \mathsf{prec}, c \mid…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2020-04-22 Sami Davies , Janardhan Kulkarni , Thomas Rothvoss , Jakub Tarnawski , Yihao Zhang

We consider scheduling problems for unit jobs with release times, where the number or size of the gaps in the schedule is taken into consideration, either in the objective function or as a constraint. Except for a few papers on energy…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2020-07-21 Marek Chrobak , Mordecai Golin , Tak-Wah Lam , Dorian Nogneng

We study the classical scheduling problem on parallel machines %with precedence constraints where the precedence graph has the bounded depth $h$. Our goal is to minimize the maximum completion time. We focus on developing approximation…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2023-02-02 Bin Fu , Yumei Huo , Hairong Zhao

We consider the uniform parallel machines scheduling problem in the context of optimistic bilevel optimization, where two speed options are considered. In this scenario, the leader aims to minimize the weighted number of tardy jobs, while…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-03-06 Quentin Schau , Olivier Ploton , Vincent T'kindt , Han Hoogeveen , Federico Della Croce , Jippe Hoogeveen

We consider a parallel system of $m$ identical machines prone to unpredictable crashes and restarts, trying to cope with the continuous arrival of tasks to be executed. Tasks have different computational requirements (i.e., processing time…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2016-03-21 Elli Zavou , Antonio Fernández Anta

Scheduling a set of jobs over a collection of machines is a fundamental problem that needs to be solved millions of times a day in various computing platforms: in operating systems, in large data clusters, and in data centers. Along with…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2018-07-10 Janardhan Kulkarni , Shi Li

Rescheduling problems arise in a variety of situations where a previously planned schedule needs to be adjusted to deal with unforeseen events. A common problem is the arrival of new orders, i.e. jobs, which have to be integrated into the…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2025-07-10 Elena Rener , Fabio Salassa , Vincent T'kindt

We consider a distributed computing network consisting of a master and multiple workers processing tasks of different types. The master is running multiple applications. Each application stochastically generates real-time jobs with a strict…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2020-01-31 Yu-Pin Hsu , Yu-Chih Huang , Shin-Lin Shieh

In this paper we consider the problem of scheduling on parallel machines with a presence of incompatibilities between jobs. The incompatibility relation can be modeled as a complete multipartite graph in which each edge denotes a pair of…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2021-09-17 Tytus Pikies , Krzysztof Turowski , Marek Kubale