Web service-based workflow management systems have garnered considerable attention for automating and scheduling dependent operations. Such systems often support user preferences,...
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It is commonly agreed that scheduling mechanisms in general purpose operating systems do not provide adequate support for modern interactive applications, notably multimedia appli...
Real-time Garbage Collection (RTGC) has recently advanced to the point where it is being used in production for financial trading, military command-and-control, and telecommunicat...
Joshua S. Auerbach, David F. Bacon, Perry Cheng, D...
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Ming Chen, Clinton Nolan, Xiaorui Wang, Sarina Adh...
Providing QoS (Quality of Service) in batch resources against the uncertainty of resource availability due to the space-sharing nature of scheduling policies is a critical capabil...
Yang-Suk Kee, Carl Kesselman, Daniel Nurmi, Richar...