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Heterogeneous computing scheduling with evolutionary algorithms

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This work presents sequential and parallel evolutionary algorithms (EAs) applied to the scheduling problem in heterogeneous computing environments, a NP-hard problem with capital relevance in distributed computing. These methods have been specifically designed to provide accurate and efficient solutions by using simple operators that allow them to be later extended for solving realistic problem instances arising in distributed heterogeneous computing (HC) and grid systems. The EAs were codified over MALLBA, a general-purpose library for combinatorial optimization. Efficient numerical results are reported in the experimental analysis performed on well-known problem instances. The comparative study of scheduling methods shows that the parallel versions of the implemented evolutionary algorithms are able to achieve high problem solving efficacy, outperforming traditional scheduling heuristics and also improving over previous results already reported in the related literature.

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The work of S. Nesmachnow and H. Cancela has been partially supported by Programa de Desarrollo de las Ciencias Básicas, Comisión Sectorial de Investigación Científica, Universidad de la República, and Agencia Nacional de Investigación e Innovación, Uruguay. The work of E. Alba has been partially funded by the Spanish government and European FEDER through contract TIN2008-06491-C04-01 (M* project), and by the Andalusian government through contract P07-TIC-03044 (DIRICOM project).

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    Sergio Nesmachnow & Héctor Cancela

  2. Universidad de Málaga, Málaga, Spain

    Enrique Alba

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Nesmachnow, S., Cancela, H. & Alba, E. Heterogeneous computing scheduling with evolutionary algorithms. Soft Comput 15, 685–701 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00500-010-0594-y

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