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Comments on 'Allocating Programs Containing Branches and Loops Within a Multiple Processor System' by D. Towsley
April 1990 (vol. 16 no. 4)
pp. 471
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F. Kaudel, "Comments on 'Allocating Programs Containing Branches and Loops Within a Multiple Processor System' by D. Towsley," IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering, vol. 16, no. 4, pp. 471, April, 1990.
 
 
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@article{ 10.1109/32.54298,
author = {F. Kaudel},
title = {Comments on 'Allocating Programs Containing Branches and Loops Within a Multiple Processor System' by D. Towsley},
journal ={IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering},
volume = {16},
number = {4},
issn = {0098-5589},
year = {1990},
pages = {471},
doi = {http://doi.ieeecomputersociety.org/10.1109/32.54298},
publisher = {IEEE Computer Society},
address = {Los Alamitos, CA, USA},
}
 
 
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The assignment algorithms proposed by D. Towsley may not minimize the total communication and execution costs as stated. An example where the proposed restricted assignment algorithm fails to find an optimal assignment is given, and modifications that allow the algorithm to properly consider execution costs are proposed. Additional changes needed to model communication costs correctly in many assignment problems are discussed.

[1] D. Towsley, "Allocating programs containing branches and loops within a multiple processor system,"IEEE Trans. Software Eng., vol. SE-12, pp. 1018-1024, Oct. 1986.

Index Terms:
programs allocation; branches; loops; multiple processor system; assignment algorithms; operating systems (computers); scheduling.
Citation:
F. Kaudel, "Comments on 'Allocating Programs Containing Branches and Loops Within a Multiple Processor System' by D. Towsley," IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering, vol. 16, no. 4, pp. 471, April 1990, doi:10.1109/32.54298
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