Scheduling interval orders with communication delays in parallel

  • Authors:
  • Hans Stadtherr

  • Affiliations:
  • LogicaCMG, Level 5, 76 Berry Street, North Sydney, NSW 2060, Australia

  • Venue:
  • Journal of Parallel and Distributed Computing
  • Year:
  • 2004

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Abstract

We investigate the complexity of computing an optimal m-processor schedule for a system of n unit execution time tasks constrained by an interval order, subject to unit delays for interprocessor communication. Our results are twofold. First, we show that the problem can be solved by a sequential algorithm in linear time. Second, we present a fast parallel algorithm that solves the problem on the EREW PRAM in time O(log2 n) using n3/log n processors and on the CRCW PRAM in time O(log n) using n3 processors. This is the first NC algorithm for this problem.