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A Theoretical Application of Feedback Guided Dynamic Loop Scheduling

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Advanced Environments, Tools, and Applications for Cluster Computing (IWCC 2001)

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In this paper we briefly describe the Feedback-Guided Dynamic Loop Scheduling (FGDLS) algorithm that was proposed in Bull et al. [2] and Bull [1]. The FGDLS algorithm uses a feedback mechanism, based on measured execution times, to schedule a parallel loop within a sequential outer loop. We compare the FGDLS algorithm with other scheduling algorithms for a simple model problem — the parallel computation of the inverse of a triangular matrix.

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  1. Computer Science Department, University of Manchester, CNC Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9NG, England

    Tatiana Tabirca & Len Freeman

  2. Computer Science Department, University College Cork, College Road, Cork, Ireland

    Sabin Tabirca

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  1. Computer Science Department, University College Cork, College Road, Cork, Ireland

    Dan Grigoras

  2. Information and Computer Science Department, University of California, 444 Computer Science Building, Irvine, CA, 92697-3425, USA

    Alex Nicolau

  3. Laboratoire d’Informatique Fondamentale de Lille (LIFL), University Lille 1, 59655, Villeneuve d’Ascq, France

    Bernard Toursel

  4. LIP, University Paris 6, 8, rue du Capitaine Scott, 75015, Paris, France

    Bertil Folliot

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Tabirca, T., Freeman, L., Tabirca, S. (2002). A Theoretical Application of Feedback Guided Dynamic Loop Scheduling. In: Grigoras, D., Nicolau, A., Toursel, B., Folliot, B. (eds) Advanced Environments, Tools, and Applications for Cluster Computing. IWCC 2001. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 2326. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-47840-X_30

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