Grid computing is a powerful form of distributed computing wherein a network of loosely coupled and geographically separated computers, typically of different computational powers, work together to ...

Editor's Note: Embedded Systems Architecture, 2nd Edition, is a practical and technical guide to understanding the components that make up an embedded system’s architecture. Offering detailed ...

Most computer operating systems must multi-task. They use a scheduling algorithm that decides which of the many processes can be run at any given time. It puts some jobs aside while others go through, ...

A method used to schedule jobs for execution. Priority, length of time in the job queue and available resources are examples of criteria used. THIS DEFINITION IS FOR PERSONAL USE ONLY. All other ...

Vehicle scheduling is the process of assigning vehicles to a set of predetermined trips with fixed starting and ending times, while minimizing capital and operating costs. This paper considers ...

An algorithm is described which permits the computation of optimal (minimum-duration) solutions for the resource-constrained project network scheduling problem under conditions of multiple resource ...