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We explain how the apparent goals of the Unix CPU scheduling policy can be formalized using the weighted ℓ p norm of flows. We then show that the online algorithm, Highest Density First (HDF), and the nonclairvoyant algorithm, Weighted Shortest Elapsed Time First (WSETF), are almost fully scalable. That is, they are (1 + ε)-speed O(1)-competitive. Even for unit weights, it was known that there is no O(1)-competitive algorithm. We also give a generic way to transform an algorithm A in an algorithm B in such a way that if A is O(1)-speed O(1)-competitive with respect to some ℓ p norm of flow then B is O(1)-competitive with respect to the ℓ p norm of completion times. Further, if A is online (nonclairvoyant) then B is online (nonclairvoyant). Combining these results gives an O(1)-competitive nonclairvoyant algorithm for ℓ p norms of completion times.
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Bansal, N., Pruhs, K. (2004). Server Scheduling in the Weighted ℓ p Norm. In: Farach-Colton, M. (eds) LATIN 2004: Theoretical Informatics. LATIN 2004. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 2976. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-24698-5_47
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