Adaptive Scheduling for Real-Time Distributed Systems

Abstract

Biologically inspired data mining techniques have been intensively used in different data mining applications. Ant Colony Optimization (ACO) has been applied for scheduling real-time distributed systems in the recent time. Real-time processing requires both parallel activities and fast response. It is required to complete the work and deliver services on a timely basis. In the presence of timing, a real-time system's performance does not always improve as processor and speed increases. ACO performs quite well for scheduling real-time distributed systems during overloaded conditions. Earliest Deadline First (EDF) is the optimal scheduling algorithm for single processor real-time systems during under-loaded conditions. This chapter proposes an adaptive algorithm that takes advantage of EDF- and ACO-based algorithms and overcomes their limitations.