TY - JOUR
AU - Freund, Richard F.
AB - SPANR (Schedule, Plan, Assess Networked Resources) is (i) a pre-run, off-line planning and (ii) a runtime, just-in-time scheduling mechanism. It is designed to support primarily commercial applications in that it optimizes throughput rather than individual jobs (unless they have highest priority). Thus it is a tool for a commercial production manager to maximize total work. First the SPANR Planner is presented showing the ability to do predictive 'what-if' planning. It can answer such questions as, (i) what is the overall effect of acquiring new hardware or (ii) what would be the effect of a different scheduler. The ability of the SPANR Planner to formulate in advance tree-trimming strategies is useful in several commercial applications, such as electronic design or pharmaceutical simulations. The SPANR Planner is demonstrated using a variety of benchmarks. The SPANR Runtime Scheduler (RS) is briefly presented. The SPANR RS can provide benefit for several commercial applications, such as airframe design and financial applications. Finally a design is shown whereby SPANR can provide scheduling advice to most resource management systems.
TI - SPANR planning and scheduling
JF - Proceedings of SPIE
DO - 10.1117/12.434874
DA - 2001-07-27
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/spie/spanr-planning-and-scheduling-AXMYmUTfZC
SP - 36
EP - 43
VL - 4528
IS - 1
DP - DeepDyve
ER -