Scheduling Multiple Divisible Loads on Heterogeneous Linear Daisy Chain Networks

W.H. Min, B. Veeravalli (Singapore), and G. Barlas (UAE)

Keywords

partitioning, scheduling, load balancing, and load sharing

Abstract

In this paper, we consider a problem of scheduling multiple divisble loads on heterogeneous linear networks. Our objective is to design a load distribution strategy such that the total processing time of a set of loads is a minimum. We design single and multi-installments strategies to achieve the above objective. We derive certain conditions to determine whether or not an optimum solution exists. In case an optimum solution does not exist, we propose a heuristic strategy to process the loads. We discuss the time performance, complexity and certain important features of this strategy.

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