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DOI: 10.4230/LIPIcs.STACS.2010.2479
URN: urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-24795
URL: http://dagstuhl.sunsite.rwth-aachen.de/volltexte/2010/2479/
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Jez, Lukasz

Randomized Algorithm for Agreeable Deadlines Packet Scheduling

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Abstract

In 2005 Li~et~al. gave a \(\phi\)-competitive deterministic online algorithm for scheduling of packets with agreeable deadlines~\cite{DBLP:conf/soda/LiSS05} with a very interesting analysis. This is known to be optimal due to a lower bound by Hajek~\cite{Hajek-det-lb}. We claim that the algorithm by Li~et~al. can be slightly simplified, while retaining its competitive ratio. Then we introduce randomness to the modified algorithm and argue that the competitive ratio against oblivious adversary is at most (\frac{4}{3}\). Note that this still leaves a gap between the best known lower bound of \(\frac{5}{4}\) by Chin~et~al.~\cite{DBLP:journals/algorithmica/ChinF03} for randomized algorithms against oblivious adversary.

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@InProceedings{jez:LIPIcs:2010:2479,
  author =	{Lukasz Jez},
  title =	{{Randomized Algorithm for Agreeable Deadlines Packet Scheduling}},
  booktitle =	{27th International Symposium on Theoretical Aspects of Computer Science},
  pages =	{489--500},
  series =	{Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)},
  ISBN =	{978-3-939897-16-3},
  ISSN =	{1868-8969},
  year =	{2010},
  volume =	{5},
  editor =	{Jean-Yves Marion and Thomas Schwentick},
  publisher =	{Schloss Dagstuhl--Leibniz-Zentrum fuer Informatik},
  address =	{Dagstuhl, Germany},
  URL =		{http://drops.dagstuhl.de/opus/volltexte/2010/2479},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-24795},
  doi =		{10.4230/LIPIcs.STACS.2010.2479},
  annote =	{Keywords: Online algorithms, scheduling, buffer management}
}

Keywords: Online algorithms, scheduling, buffer management
Collection: 27th International Symposium on Theoretical Aspects of Computer Science
Issue Date: 2010
Date of publication: 09.03.2010

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