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Algorithms for Energy Management

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Computer Science – Theory and Applications (CSR 2010)

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This article surveys algorithmic techniques to save energy in computing environments. More specifically, we address power-down mechanisms as well as dynamic speed scaling in modern microprocessors. We study basic problems and present important results developed over the past years.

Work supported by a Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Award of the German Research Foundation.

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Albers, S. (2010). Algorithms for Energy Management. In: Ablayev, F., Mayr, E.W. (eds) Computer Science – Theory and Applications. CSR 2010. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 6072. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-13182-0_1

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