Research Article

Online Energy-Aware Scheduling for Deadline-Constrained Applications in Distributed Heterogeneous Systems

Table 1

The used notations in this paper.

NotationImplication

The -th processor in the system
The number of processors
The -th DAG in the system
The arrival time of DAG
The deadline of
The set of tasks in
The set of edges between all tasks in
The -th task in
The number of tasks in
The set of predecessors of task
The set of successors of task
The data transfer time between and
The average execution time of
The actual execution time of task on processor with frequency
The earliest start time of
The earliest finish time of
The earliest time that the processor can execute a task
Schedule completion time of
The energy consumption of task on the processor with frequency