An adaptive scheduling framework for heterogeneous computer networks

John S. Hollywood, Kenneth N. McKay
2004 Control Engineering Practice  
This paper presents an adaptive scheduling framework for large-scale computer networks facing significant environmental dynamics such as shifts in job mix and available resources. The presented framework detects changes in the job stream, and other events, and evolves scheduling policies at two distinct levels-operational and tactical-in response to the changes, making adaptations such as reassigning resources and adjusting sequencing heuristics. The paper also presents a simulation of a
more » ... r network facing dynamic job arrival rates, which demonstrates that even a simple implementation of the framework can lead to major gains in performance. r
doi:10.1016/s0967-0661(03)00172-2 fatcat:qx5coy42cba3li5psdi5d26vga