DPARTS. A Dynamic Parallel Adaptive Multiprocessor Real-Time Scheduler.

Abstract

The research questions addressed in this work focus on the development of fast heuristic algorithms, on experimentation with those algorithms, and on the use of such algorithms within the music applications. We are not developing optimal algorithms since all of the scheduling and assignment problems we are addressing have been shown NP-hard. Some specific questions we are addressing include: When should DPARTS be invoked? What is the required frequency of DPARTS invocation with respect to the latency of scheduling decisions and the overheads incurred by scheduling? Should DPARTS have the option of rescheduling existing tasks if such rescheduling can result in the successful scheduling of otherwise unschedulable process sequences? Deadline semantics. In our sample music application, precise deadlines are usually not necessary in order to produce acceptable results. As such we are evaluating what type of semantics are appropriate for addressing the application we are scheduling. (AN)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 12, 1995
Accession Number
ADA291160

Entities

People

  • Byron Jeff
  • Karsten Schwan

Organizations

  • Georgia Tech

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Addressing
  • Algorithms
  • Computations
  • Digital Audio
  • Digital Filters
  • Frequency
  • High Performance Computing
  • Media
  • Military Research
  • Multiprocessors
  • Operating Systems
  • Scheduling (Production)
  • Semantics
  • Sequences
  • Sine Waves
  • Technical Information Centers

Fields of Study

  • Computer science
  • Engineering

Readers

  • Operations Research
  • Parallel and Distributed Computing.