Scheduling tasks in multiprocessor systems using evolutionary strategies

Scheduling tasks in multiprocessor systems is a difficult problem. The paper describes a method based upon evolutionary strategies (using genetic algorithms) to aid in finding good task assignments. The technique is illustrated by scheduling a digital signal processing algorithm on a two processor distributed system.<<ETX>>

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