Learning-based approach for multiprocessor scheduling under timing constraints and N-Queens problems
by Yacine Laalaoui, Habiba Drias
International Journal of Advanced Operations Management (IJAOM), Vol. 1, No. 4, 2009

Abstract: This paper presents a learning-based algorithm to address the deadline scheduling problem. This problem consists of searching for feasible schedules of n tasks on m identical processors under hard-real-time constraints. Unlike existing works, the proposed algorithm is time limited rather than time and space limited since the problem under study is NP-hard. Two learning functions are integrated to direct the search toward possible feasible schedules. Experimental results show a significant success ratio improvement of the proposed scheduling algorithm compared to plain heuristics and metaheuristics namely ACO. We propose a new look for N-Queens problem as deadline scheduling and we show how our algorithm can deal with the N-Queens problem and its possible applicability to cope with CSP problems.

Online publication date: Wed, 27-Jan-2010

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