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A parallel algorithm for two processors precedence constraint scheduling

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Automata, Languages and Programming (ICALP 1991)

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We present a new parallel algorithm for the two processors scheduling problem. The algorithm uses only O(n 3) processors and takes time O(log2 n) time on a PRAM. In order to prove the above bounds we show how to compute in NC the lexicographically first matching for a special kind of convex bipartite graphs.

This work was done during the visit of the first and second authors to Patras University and it is supported by the Ministry of Industry, Energy and Technology of Greece, by a bilateral research agreement between Greece and Germany and by the ESPRIT II Basic Research Actions Program of the EC under contract No. 3075 (project ALCOM)

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  1. Sektion Mathematik, Humboldt Universität, PSF 1297, DDR 1086, Berlin, Germany

    Hermann Jung

  2. Dept. de Llentguatges i Sistemes Informàtics, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Pau Gargallo 5, 08028, Barcelona, Spain

    Maria Serna

  3. Computer Technology Institute, P.O. Box 1122, 26110, Patras, Greece

    Paul Spirakis

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Javier Leach Albert Burkhard Monien Mario Rodríguez Artalejo

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Jung, H., Serna, M., Spirakis, P. (1991). A parallel algorithm for two processors precedence constraint scheduling. In: Albert, J.L., Monien, B., Artalejo, M.R. (eds) Automata, Languages and Programming. ICALP 1991. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 510. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-54233-7_152

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