Abstract: This letter investigates utilization bounds for non-preemptive Rate Monotonic (RM) scheduling. Previous studies have shown that the blocking factor, defined as the ratio of maximum blocking ...

Abstract: In cloud computing environments, task scheduling problem is still considered an important issue as it plays an efficient role for achieving the required performance in terms of makespan and ...

The Precedence Diagram Method (PDM) is widely used for modeling large and complex construction projects characterized by non-linear execution logic, overlapping activities, and multiple precedence ...