SCHEDULING REAL-TIME TASKS IN MULTIPROCESSOR SYSTEMS USING GENETIC ALGORITHMS

Document Type : Research Paper

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1 Faculty of Engineering Helwan University, Helwan, Egypt

2 Thebes Academy, Giza, Egypt

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Multiprocessors have been employed as a powerful computing means for executing real-time tasks, especially where a uniprocessor system would not be sufficient to execute all the tasks. This paper investigates dynamic scheduling algorithm for real-time tasks in a multiprocessor systems to obtain a feasible solution using genetic algorithms combined with earliest deadline first (EDF) and shortest computation time first (SCTF). A comparative study of the results obtained from simulations shows that genetic algorithm can be used to schedule tasks to meet their deadlines time , in addition to obtain high processor utilization.

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