一个调度Out-Tree任务图的新算法

Out-Tree任务图代表分治算法的一大类问题。本文专门针对该类任务图，提出了一个新的调度算法。它利用fork结构的最优调度为各任务定义优先级，准确的反映了任务对调度的影响，保证了任务的正确调度顺序，得到优的调度长度。并在不改变调度长度的情况下，将结点尽可能地分配到已用处理器上，节省了处理器。实验表明，本文算法的调度性能优于现有同类算法。     

一个调度Out-Tree任务图的启发式算法

任务调度问题是并行分布式计算中的挑战性问题之一。大多数实际的调度算法是启发式的因而常常具有改进的余地。针对Out-Tree任务图这一基本结构提出一个基于任务复制的启发式调度算法,该算法在确保最短调度长度的同时,注重处理器的负载平衡,以达到节约处理器的目的。比较性实验的结果表明,该算法确保了最短调度长度且使用的处理器最少。因而,该算法提高了系统的利用率,避免消耗过多的资源,实际应用性更好。     

相关任务图的均衡动态关键路径调度算法

表调度（list scheduling)法是解决任务调度问题的较为有效的方法,该文对两个典型的表调度算法-MCP算法和ETF算法进行了分析,发现它们均存在着一定的不足,文中提出了一个更好的表调度算法BDCP,它采用动态关键路径技术并均衡考虑关键路径结点和非关键路径结点,使得对相关任务图调度长度影响最大的就绪结点能够被优先调度,从而极大地缩短了任务图的调度长度,分析和实验结果表明,BDCP算法要优于MCP和ETF算法。     

相关任务图的一种有效并行调度算法

对3个典型的表调度算法：MCP算法,ETF算法和BDCP算法进行了分析,发现它们均不能确保任务最早调度。通过综合考虑IBN、CBN和OBN3类结点对调度结果的影响,提出了一个更加有效的基于关键路径的表调度算法,该算法能够确保关键路径结点具有最早启动时间,从而能有效缩短任务图的调度长度。分析和仿真结果表明,该调度算法不仪具有合理的算法复杂性,而且能有效地缩短相关任务图的调度长度,优于MCP、ETF、BDCP算法。     

一种调度In-Tree任务图的算法

In-Tree任务图可用来表示归并、求和等分治算法的很多问题,该文针对这种任务图提出一种分层调度算法,利用队列存放被调度的任务,在同层任务调度中,优先把前驱不为空的任务调度到其一个前驱处理器上执行,只有前驱为空的任务才考虑是否分配新的处理器。实验表明,与以前的算法相比,该算法在调度长度相当的情况下,使用了更少的处理器。     

调度Fork-Join任务图的贪心算法

任务调度算法的目标是把组成并行程序的一组任务分配到多个处理器以使得程序的完成时间最短,这是一个NP完全问题.虽然许多算法在任务满足某些条件时能产生最优调度,但大多都忽略了节省处理器个数和最小化程序总的完成时间等问题.Fork-Join结构是一种并行处理的基本结构.因此,专门针对Fork-Join任务图,提出了一个能产生最优调度的新的贪心调度算法,该算法具有高的加速比和总体效率,时间复杂度为O(v2),其中,v表示任务集中任务的个数.实验结果表明,相比其它算法,该算法具有较短的调度长度、较短的完成时间,使用的处理器数较少.     

基于任务复制的处理器预分配算法

基于任务复制的调度算法比无任务复制的调度算法具有较好的性能．文章在分析了基于任务复制的几个典型算法(如TDS，OSA等算法)及其假设条件后，提出了以使调度长度最短作为主要目标、减少处理机数目作为次要目标的处理器预分配算法PPA．该算法对任务计算时间与任务间通信时间未做任何限制(即不考虑任务粒度)．通过与相关工作的比较可以看出：PPA算法在调度长度与处理器使用数目上均优于其它算法或与其它算法相当，同时，该算法具有与TDS，OSA相同的时间复杂度．这对嵌入式实时分布系统具有重要的意义。     

基于异构环境的Out-Tree任务图的调度算法

分布式应用程序的有效调度是异构计算系统中的一个关键问题。目前已有的Out-Tree任务图的调度算法大多基于同构环境而开发,未考虑处理机的异构性,导致调度的效率较低。针对异构计算环境,提出一个基于列表和任务复制的Out-Tree任务图的静态启发式贪心调度算法,其时间复杂度为O(hv^2p),其中h、v和p分别表示任务图的高度、任务个数和调度使用的处理机个数。实验结果表明,相比其他算法,该算法能提供调度长度较短、处理机使用较少的有效调度,其应用性更强。     

异构实时多处理器系统的动态调度算法研究

实时多处理器系统的动态调度算法一直是实时系统中的重要研究课题.根据异构实时多处理器的特点,提出了一种新的异构实时动态调度算法P_IEFT.该算法采用了一个新的处理器分配策略——将任务分配到能最早完成任务的处理器上.该策略能够缩短调度长度,提高后继任务被接受的可能性,从而能够提高成功调度率.模拟结果表明,该调度算法的成功调度率高于近视算法和节约算法的成功调度率.     

实时分布系统中Out-Tree任务的调度与检查点策略

针对实时分布系统中的Out-Tree任务，提出了一种启发式的调度算（HSA-OT），并开发了一种多处理机上的最优检查点策略。该调度算法能够保证任务的调度长度最小，所需处理器数目尽量少，没有处理机间通信开销。该检查点策略没有检查点全局一致性开销，可保证各处理机的失效率最低。     

一个调度Fork-Join任务图的新算法

任务调度是影响工作站网络效率的关键因素之一.Fork-Join任务图可以代表很多并行结构,但其他已有调度Fork-Join任务图算法忽略了在非全互连工作站网络环境中通信之间不能并行执行的问题,有些效率高的算法又没有考虑节省处理器个数的问题.因此,专门针对该任务图,综合考虑调度长度、非并行通信和节省处理器个数问题,提出了一个基于任务复制的静态调度算法TSA_FJ.通过随机产生任务的执行时间和通信时间,生成了多个Fork-Join任务图,并且采用TSA_FJ算法和其他调度算法对生成的任务图进行调度.结果表明,     

Task scheduling algorithm using minimized duplications in homogeneous systems

For fine grain task graphs, duplication-based scheduling algorithms are generally more efficient than list and cluster-based algorithms. However, most duplication-based heuristics try to duplicate all possible ancestor nodes of a given join node, in order to reduce the earliest start time (EST) of the join node, even though these ancestor nodes have already been allocated in previous steps. Thus, these duplication heuristics inevitably induce redundant duplications, which lead to the superfluous consumption of resources and generally deteriorate the scheduling result in the case of a bounded number of processors. When scheduling algorithms are used on an unbounded number of processors, the required number of processors grows excessively with the size of the task graph, thereby limiting the practicality of these algorithms for large task graphs. In this paper, we propose a novel algorithm designed to allocate join nodes without redundant duplications. In the proposed algorithm, if the ancestor nodes of a join node are duplicated when scheduling the join node, the original allocations of these ancestor nodes are removed using a very efficient method. The performance of the proposed algorithm, in terms of its normalized schedule length and efficiency, is compared with that of some of the recently proposed algorithms. The proposed algorithm generates better or comparable schedules with minimized duplication. Specifically, the simulation results show that it is most useful on a bounded number of processors.     

基于动态关键任务的多处理器任务分配算法

多处理器调度问题是影响系统性能的关键问题,基于任务复制的调度算法是解决多处理器调度问题较为有效的方法.文中分析了几个典型的基于任务复制算法,提出了基于动态关键任务(DCT)的多处理器任务分配算法.DCT算法以克服贪心算法不足为要点,调度过程中动态计算任务时间参数,准确确定处理器的关键任务,以关键任务为核心优化调度,逐步改善调度结果,最终取得最优的调度结果.分析和实验证明,DCT算法优于现有其它同类算法.     

Dynamic critical-path scheduling: an effective technique forallocating task graphs to multiprocessors

In this paper, we propose a static scheduling algorithm for allocating task graphs to fully connected multiprocessors. We discuss six recently reported scheduling algorithms and show that they possess one drawback or the other which can lead to poor performance. The proposed algorithm, which is called the Dynamic Critical-Path (DCP) scheduling algorithm, is different from the previously proposed algorithms in a number of ways. First, it determines the critical path of the task graph and selects the next node to be scheduled in a dynamic fashion. Second, it rearranges the schedule on each processor dynamically in the sense that the positions of the nodes in the partial schedules are not fixed until all nodes have been considered. Third, it selects a suitable processor for a node by looking ahead the potential start times of the remaining nodes on that processor, and schedules relatively less important nodes to the processors already in use. A global as well as a pair-wise comparison is carried out for all seven algorithms under various scheduling conditions. The DCP algorithm outperforms the previous algorithms by a considerable margin. Despite having a number of new features, the DCP algorithm has admissible time complexity, is economical in terms of the number of processors used and is suitable for a wide range of graph structures     

一个有效的Join任务图的调度算法

已有的Join任务图的调度算法大多不是基于通信竞争的环境而开发,且未考虑节省处理机的问题,使算法的应用效果不佳.因此,针对Join任务图,提出一个通信竞争环境的调度算法,该算法因串行通信边而改善其调度效率,时间复杂度为O(vlogv),其中,v为图中任务的个数.实验结果表明,与其他算法相比,该算法的调度长度较短且使用的...     

Contention-aware scheduling with task duplication

Finding an efficient schedule for a task graph on several processors is a trade-off between maximising concurrency and minimising interprocessor communication. Task duplication is a technique that has been employed to reduce or avoid interprocessor communication. Certain tasks are duplicated on several processors to produce the data locally and avoid the communication among processors. Most of the algorithms using task duplication have been proposed for the classic scheduling model, which allows concurrent communication and ignores contention for communication resources. It is increasingly recognised that this classic model is unrealistic and does not permit creating accurate and efficient schedules. The recently proposed contention model introduces contention awareness into task scheduling by assigning the edges of the task graph to the links of the communication network. It is intuitive that scheduling under such a model benefits even more from task duplication, yet no such algorithm has been proposed as it is not trivial to duplicate tasks under the contention model. This paper proposes a contention-aware task duplication scheduling algorithm. We investigate the fundamentals for task duplication in the contention model and propose an algorithm that is based on state-of-the-art techniques found in task duplication and contention-aware algorithms. An extensive experimental evaluation demonstrates the significant improvements to the speedup of the produced schedules.