• Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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• v.16 no.4
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• pp.2777-2783
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• 2015

Peak power reduction is becoming increasingly important not only for grid operators but also for residential users. The scheduling of electric loads tries to reduce the power peak by splitting the power-on period of an electric device into multiple smaller ones and by interleaving the on-periods of every device in a holistic way. This paper analyzes the performance of EDF, LSF, TCBM, and lazy scheduling algorithms and proposes the enhancement schemes. For analysis, we have implemented the scheduling policies in a simulation environment for distributed control systems. Through extensive experiments using real power traces, we discuss their performance characteristics in terms of power deviation, switch count, and temperature violation ratio. To prevent excessive switching, we propose to employ the concept of limited preemptibility and evaluate its effect on performance. It is found that the best performance is achieved when the scheduler capacity is dynamically adjusted to the actual power demand. The experiment results show that, by load scheduling, the probability of having a power deviation greater than 150W is reduced from 21.5% down to 3.2%.

• Journal of the Korea Society of Computer and Information
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• v.12 no.3
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• pp.147-153
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• 2007

Task scheduling is an essential part of any computer system for allocating tasks to a processor of the system among various competitors. As we know, in real-time system, the failure of scheduling a hard real-time task my lead to disastrous consequence. Besides efficiency, resource and speed, real-time system has to take time constraint in serious consideration. This paper proposes a priority-driven scheduling algorithm for real-time multiprocessor system. which is called L-RE coordinates algorithm. L-RE coordinates is a new way of describing the task scheduling problem. In the algorithm, we take both deadline and laxity into consideration for allocating the priority. The simulation result shows that the new algorithm is viable and performance better than EDF and LLF algorithm on schedulability and context switch respectively.

• Proceedings of the Korean Information Science Society Conference
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• 2008.06b
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• pp.388-393
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• 2008

유비쿼터스 지능 공간 환경에서 중요한 이슈는 사용자에게 현재 상황에 최적의 서비스를 제공하는 것이며, 이를 위해서 상황 인식(Context Aware) 기법에 대한 연구가 널리 진행되고 있다. 유비쿼터스 지능 공간은 분산 배치된 수많은 애플리케이션 및 장치와 같은 스마트 객체들이 존재하여 사용자에게 최적의 서비스를 제공하는 환경이다. 유비쿼터스 지능 공간에서는 각 스마트 객체가 수집하는 데이터는 무수히 많다. 사용자에게 최적의 서비스를 제공하기 위해선 데이터들을 빠르게 처리하여 서비스를 제공하여야 한다. 현재 연구된 스케줄링 방법은 데이터 처리에만 중점을 두었기 때문에 스스로 상황을 인지하여 예측하여야 하는 유비쿼터스 지능 공간을 위한 미들웨어에는 적합하지 않다. 본 논문은 수집한 데이터를 바탕으로 상황을 인식하고 태스크의 우선순위를 재조정하는 상황 인지형 실시간 스케줄링 기법을 제안한다. 제안하는 상황 인지형 실시간 스케줄링 기법인 U-RM, U-EDF와 기존의 RM, EDF 알고리즘을 비교하여 성능평가를 한 결과 U-RM은 기존의 RM보다 최대 20.7%의 성능 향상을 보였으며, U-EDF의 경우 기존의 EDF 보다 최대 26.8%의 성능 향상을 보였다.

• Journal of Institute of Control, Robotics and Systems
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• v.12 no.7
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• pp.719-727
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• 2006

This paper proposes a new method to obtain a maximum allowable delay bound for a scheduling of networked discrete control systems and event-based scheduling method. The proposed method is formulated in terms of linear matrix inequalities and can give a much less conservative delay bound than the existing methods. A network scheduling method is presented based on the delay obtained through the proposed method, and it can adjust the sampling period to allocate same utilization to each control loop. The presented method can handle three types of data (sporadic, emergency data, periodic data and non real-time message) and guarantees real-time transmission of periodic and sporadic emergency data using modified EDF scheduling method.

• Journal of KIISE:Computer Systems and Theory
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• v.34 no.10
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• pp.493-501
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• 2007

The imprecise real-time system provides flexibility in scheduling time-critical tasks. Most scheduling problems of satisfying both 0/1 constraint and timing constraints, while the total error is minimized, are NP-complete when the optional tasks have arbitrary processing times. Liu suggested a reasonable strategy of scheduling tasks with the 0/1 constraint on uniprocessors for minimizing the total error. Song et at suggested a reasonable strategy of scheduling tasks with the 0/1 constraint on multiprocessors for minimizing the total error. But, these algorithms are all off-line algorithms. In the online scheduling, the NORA algorithm can find a schedule with the minimum total error for the imprecise online task system. In NORA algorithm, EDF strategy is adopted in the optional scheduling. On the other hand, for the task system with 0/1 constraint, EDF_Scheduling may not be optimal in the sense that the total error is minimized. Furthermore, when the optional tasks are scheduled in the ascending order of their required processing times, NORA algorithm which EDF strategy is adopted may not produce minimum total error. Therefore, in this paper, an online algorithm is proposed to minimize total error for the imprecise task system with 0/1 constraint. Then, to compare the performance between the proposed algorithm and NORA algorithm, a series of experiments are performed. As a conseqence of the performance comparison between two algorithms, it has been concluded that the proposed algorithm can produce similar total error to NORA algorithm when the optional tasks are scheduled in the random order of their required processing times but, the proposed algorithm can produce less total error than NORA algorithm especially when the optional tasks are scheduled in the ascending order of their required processing times.

• The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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• v.10 no.1
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• pp.103-113
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• 2010

The basic real-time scheduling algorithms based on RM or EDF approaches assume that the tasks are preemptive, but the tasks may contain nonpreemptive sections in many cases. Also the existing scheduling algorithm for reducing the power consumption of the processor is based on the task utilizations and determines the processor speed $S_H$ or $S_L$ according to the existence of the blocking intervals. In this algorithm, the $S_H$ interval that operates in high speed is the interval during which the priority inversion by blocking occurs, and the length of this interval is set to the task deadline that includes the blocking intervals. In this paper, we propose an improved algorithm that can reduce the power consumption ratio by shortening the length of the $S_H$ interval. The simulation shows that the power consumption ratio of the proposed algorithm is reduced as much as 13% compared to the existing one.

• Journal of Korea Multimedia Society
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• v.10 no.12
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• pp.1741-1751
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• 2007

The imprecise computation technique ensures that all time-critical tasks produce their results before their deadlines by trading off the quality of the results for the computation time requirements of the tasks. In the imprecise computation, most scheduling problems of satisfying both 0/1 constraints and timing constraints, while the total error is minimized, are NP-complete when the optional tasks have arbitrary processing times. In the previous studies, the reasonable strategies of scheduling tasks with the 0/1 constraints on uniprocessors and multiprocessors for minimizing the total error are proposed. But, these algorithms are all off-line algorithms. Then, in the on-line scheduling, NORA(No Off-line tasks and on-line tasks Ready upon Arrival) algorithm can find a schedule with the minimum total error. In NORA algorithm, EDF(Earliest Deadline First) strategy is adopted in the scheduling of optional tasks. On the other hand, for the task system with 0/1 constraints, NORA algorithm may not suitable any more for minimizing total error of the imprecise tasks. Therefore, in this paper, an on-line algorithm is proposed to minimize total error for the imprecise real-time task system with 0/1 constraints. This algorithm is suitable for the imprecise on-line system with 0/1 constraints. Next, to evaluate performance of this algorithm, a series of experiments are done. As a consequence of the performance comparison, it has been concluded that IOSMTE(Imprecise On-line Scheduling to Minimize Total Error) algorithm proposed in this paper outperforms LOF(Longest Optional First) strategy and SOF(Shortest Optional First) strategy for the most cases.

• Proceedings of the Korea Information Processing Society Conference
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• 2011.04a
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• pp.220-223
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• 2011

For successfully commercialized grid systems, it is required to provide an efficient scheduling scheme which is able to optimize benefits for three participants such as consumers, brokers, and providers so that every participant has sufficient benefit to maintain a sustainable market. In this paper, we define this job scheduling problem as an objective optimization problem for three participants. The three objectives are to maximize the success rate of job execution, total achieved profit, and the system utilization. To address the scheduling problem, we propose heuristics referred to as SLA-aware scheduling scheme (SA) for optimal resource allocation. The simulation results show that the improvement and the effectiveness of the proposed scheme and the proposed scheme can outperform well-known scheduling schemes such as first come first serve (FCFS), shortest job first (SJF), and earliest deadline first (EDF).

• Journal of KIISE:Computer Systems and Theory
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• v.27 no.3
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• pp.337-344
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• 2000

In this paper, we define a Process Algebra ACSMR(Algebra of Communicating Shared Multiple Resources) for system specification and verification using multiple resources. ACSMR extends a concept of multiple resources in ACSR that is a branch of formal methods based on process algebra. We'll show that two specification and verification examples. One is the specification of system behavior in multiprocessor using EDF(Earliest-Deadline-First) which is a scheduling algorithm of a real-time system. The other is the specification of describing timing analysis and resources restriction in a super scalar processor using multiple ports registers.

• Proceedings of the Korean Information Science Society Conference
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• 2002.10c
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• pp.430-432
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• 2002

리눅스는 POSIX.1b 표준의 일부 지원으로 연성 실시간 시스템을 지원한다. 현재 경성 실시간 시스템을 지원하기 위해 리눅스를 확장한 여러 운영체제가 개발된 바 있지만, 다양한 프로그래밍 인터페이스 및 스케줄러의 지원이 부족하다. 현재까지 실시간 리눅스를 위한 스케쥴러는 RMS와 EDF 두 가지의 스케쥴러가 별도로 구현되어 있다. 이 두 가지 스케쥴러 중에서 사용자가 각각의 스케쥴링 알고리즘의 특성을 고려하지 않고 두 가지 방법을 선택하여 사용하고 있다. 본 논문에서는 이러한 단점들을 해결하기 위한 안정적인 스케쥴링 가능성 검사를 통하여 RMS와 EDF 스케쥴링 방법의 특성에 맞게 스케쥴러 중에서 하나를 선택하여 사용함으로서 종료시한을 보장하고 또한 스케쥴이 불가능한 경우 테스크 스케쥴로 인해 발생되는 시스템 정지 현상을 제거하고 태스크 집합의 효율적인 관리를 위한 스케쥴링 가능성 검사 알고리즘과 스케쥴러 선택 알고리즘을 제시하여 스케쥴링 알고리즘의 성능평가 결과를 제시한다.