THE ENVIRONMENT OF COMPUTER OPERATING SYSTEM SCHEDULING: TOWARD AN UNDERSTANDING.

Abstract

Scheduling and allocation of computing facilities is generally carried out in a very primitive and ineffective way. The difficulty stems from a number of sources including: (1) semantic confusion, (2) failure to consider all relevant factors, (3) failure to establish a global context for analysis of specific operational problems. This paper attempts to establish the required context by considering all relevant factors and by carefully sorting out the semantics. Specifically, market principles are employed to characterize the environment at its most general level. At the detailed level, a model based on the dimensions of (1) demand magnitude, (2) interaction rate, and (3) deadline penalty severity is presented. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 07, 1967
Accession Number
AD0661666

Entities

People

  • E. A. Stefferud

Organizations

  • System Development Corporation

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Computing Devices
  • Data Storage Systems
  • Environment
  • Neurobehavioral Manifestations
  • Operating Systems
  • Scheduling (Production)
  • Semantics

Readers

  • Computational Linguistics
  • Operations Research
  • Systems Analysis and Design