{"id":"https://openalex.org/W2171512375","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1109/infcom.2009.5062042","title":"Multiserver Scheduling with Contiguity Constraints","display_name":"Multiserver Scheduling with Contiguity Constraints","publication_year":2009,"publication_date":"2009-04-01","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W2171512375","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1109/infcom.2009.5062042","mag":"2171512375"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.1109/infcom.2009.5062042","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1109/infcom.2009.5062042","pdf_url":null,"source":null,"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"IEEE INFOCOM 2009","raw_type":"proceedings-article"},"type":"article","indexed_in":["crossref"],"open_access":{"is_oa":false,"oa_status":"closed","oa_url":null,"any_repository_has_fulltext":false},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5077188973","display_name":"Matthew Andrews","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0977-9685"},"institutions":[],"countries":[],"is_corresponding":true,"raw_author_name":"M. Andrews","raw_affiliation_strings":["Bell Labs., Murray Hill, NJ","Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill, NJ, USA"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Bell Labs., Murray Hill, NJ","institution_ids":[]},{"raw_affiliation_string":"Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill, NJ, USA","institution_ids":[]}]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5080916914","display_name":"L. Zhang","orcid":null},"institutions":[],"countries":[],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"L. Zhang","raw_affiliation_strings":["Bell Labs., Murray Hill, NJ","Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill, NJ, USA"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Bell Labs., Murray Hill, NJ","institution_ids":[]},{"raw_affiliation_string":"Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill, NJ, USA","institution_ids":[]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":0,"institutions_distinct_count":2,"corresponding_author_ids":["https://openalex.org/A5077188973"],"corresponding_institution_ids":[],"apc_list":null,"apc_paid":null,"fwci":1.7945,"has_fulltext":false,"cited_by_count":9,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.86557697,"is_in_top_1_percent":false,"is_in_top_10_percent":false},"cited_by_percentile_year":{"min":94,"max":97},"biblio":{"volume":null,"issue":null,"first_page":"1278","last_page":"1286"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11409","display_name":"Advanced Wireless Network Optimization","score":0.9998000264167786,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2208","display_name":"Electrical and Electronic Engineering"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/22","display_name":"Engineering"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11409","display_name":"Advanced Wireless Network Optimization","score":0.9998000264167786,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2208","display_name":"Electrical and Electronic Engineering"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/22","display_name":"Engineering"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T12288","display_name":"Optimization and Search Problems","score":0.9873999953269958,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1705","display_name":"Computer Networks and Communications"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10575","display_name":"Wireless Communication Networks Research","score":0.9611999988555908,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1705","display_name":"Computer Networks and Communications"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/computer-science","display_name":"Computer science","score":0.7384565472602844},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/server","display_name":"Server","score":0.6867220401763916},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/scheduling","display_name":"Scheduling (production processes)","score":0.6165699362754822},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/queue","display_name":"Queue","score":0.5793104767799377},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/contiguity","display_name":"Contiguity","score":0.5147273540496826},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/schedule","display_name":"Schedule","score":0.5045040845870972},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/distributed-computing","display_name":"Distributed computing","score":0.4746445119380951},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/approximation-algorithm","display_name":"Approximation algorithm","score":0.4617469608783722},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/computer-network","display_name":"Computer network","score":0.3677231967449188},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/mathematical-optimization","display_name":"Mathematical optimization","score":0.2986835241317749},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/algorithm","display_name":"Algorithm","score":0.2462521493434906},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/mathematics","display_name":"Mathematics","score":0.19335228204727173},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/operating-system","display_name":"Operating system","score":0.09919688105583191}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41008148","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21198","display_name":"Computer science","level":0,"score":0.7384565472602844},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C93996380","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q44127","display_name":"Server","level":2,"score":0.6867220401763916},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C206729178","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2271896","display_name":"Scheduling (production processes)","level":2,"score":0.6165699362754822},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C160403385","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q220543","display_name":"Queue","level":2,"score":0.5793104767799377},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C68767595","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1677999","display_name":"Contiguity","level":2,"score":0.5147273540496826},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C68387754","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7271585","display_name":"Schedule","level":2,"score":0.5045040845870972},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C120314980","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q180634","display_name":"Distributed computing","level":1,"score":0.4746445119380951},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C148764684","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q621751","display_name":"Approximation algorithm","level":2,"score":0.4617469608783722},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C31258907","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1301371","display_name":"Computer network","level":1,"score":0.3677231967449188},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C126255220","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q141495","display_name":"Mathematical optimization","level":1,"score":0.2986835241317749},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C11413529","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8366","display_name":"Algorithm","level":1,"score":0.2462521493434906},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C33923547","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q395","display_name":"Mathematics","level":0,"score":0.19335228204727173},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C111919701","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9135","display_name":"Operating system","level":1,"score":0.09919688105583191}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":1,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.1109/infcom.2009.5062042","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1109/infcom.2009.5062042","pdf_url":null,"source":null,"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"IEEE INFOCOM 2009","raw_type":"proceedings-article"}],"best_oa_location":null,"sustainable_development_goals":[{"score":0.6899999976158142,"id":"https://metadata.un.org/sdg/16","display_name":"Peace, Justice and strong institutions"}],"awards":[],"funders":[],"has_content":{"pdf":false,"grobid_xml":false},"content_urls":null,"referenced_works_count":11,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W1539551091","https://openalex.org/W2017377951","https://openalex.org/W2105177639","https://openalex.org/W2135663206","https://openalex.org/W2149121789","https://openalex.org/W2149375806","https://openalex.org/W2155875791","https://openalex.org/W2157903198","https://openalex.org/W2169835378","https://openalex.org/W6632200097","https://openalex.org/W6682320142"],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W2085498352","https://openalex.org/W2092518157","https://openalex.org/W2469797624","https://openalex.org/W182477923","https://openalex.org/W2395159952","https://openalex.org/W2080840866","https://openalex.org/W1996914340","https://openalex.org/W2101802381","https://openalex.org/W230271386","https://openalex.org/W2094955066"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"We":[0,86],"consider":[1,152],"a":[2,16,22,45,62,89,121,126,130,136,144,179,195,204,224,233,239],"scheduling":[3,95,149,216],"problem":[4,96],"in":[5,15,154],"which":[6,37,40,101],"multiple":[7,13,168,236],"servers":[8,58,171],"are":[9,59],"available":[10],"to":[11,99,172],"service":[12,26,203,245],"users":[14,55],"time-slotted":[17],"system.":[18],"Each":[19],"server":[20,38],"has":[21,194],"time-dependent":[23],"and":[24,129,198,229,259],"user-dependent":[25],"rate":[27,52],"for":[28,199,226,235,247],"each":[29,32,73,191,251],"user":[30,41,74,176,192,205],"at":[31,78,238],"timeslot.":[33],"A":[34,67],"schedule":[35,108,225,234],"specifies":[36],"serves":[39],"per":[42],"timeslot,":[43],"with":[44],"typical":[46],"objective":[47],"of":[48,64,83,147,170],"maximizing":[49],"the":[50,54,84,94,112,148,155,165,174,188,200,202,221,230],"total":[51],"that":[53,72,88,124,134,151],"receive.":[56],"The":[57],"numbered":[60],"by":[61,77,210],"set":[63],"consecutive":[65],"integers.":[66],"strict":[68,90],"contiguity":[69,91,160],"constraint":[70],"enforces":[71],"is":[75,207],"served":[76],"most":[79],"one":[80,123,133],"contiguous":[81],"interval":[82],"servers.":[85],"show":[87],"requirement":[92],"makes":[93],"APX":[97],"hard":[98],"solve,":[100],"means":[102],"we":[103,115,141,253],"cannot":[104],"approximate":[105],"an":[106],"optimal":[107,255],"arbitrarily":[109],"closely.":[110],"On":[111],"positive":[113],"side,":[114],"also":[116,142],"offer":[117],"two":[118],"approximation":[119,128,260],"algorithms,":[120],"simple":[122],"guarantees":[125,135],"logarithmic":[127],"more":[131],"complex":[132],"constant":[137],"approximation.":[138],"In":[139],"addition,":[140],"present":[143,254],"complete":[145],"taxonomy":[146],"variants":[150],"issues":[153],"following":[156],"dimensions,":[157],"(i)":[158],"Strict":[159],"vs":[161,184,217,243],"soft":[162],"contiguity,":[163],"where":[164,187,220],"latter":[166,201,231],"allows":[167],"intervals":[169],"serve":[173],"same":[175],"but":[177],"imposes":[178],"penalty;":[180],"(ii)":[181],"Full":[182],"buffer":[183],"finite":[185],"buffer,":[186],"former":[189,222],"assumes":[190],"always":[193],"large":[196],"queue":[197,212],"receives":[206],"upper":[208],"bounded":[209],"its":[211],"size;":[213],"(iii)":[214],"slot-by-slot":[215],"template":[218,248],"scheduling,":[219],"creates":[223,232],"every":[227],"timeslot":[228],"timeslots":[237],"time;":[240],"(iv)":[241],"Time-variant":[242],"time-invariant":[244],"rates":[246],"scheduling.":[249],"For":[250],"variant,":[252],"algorithms":[256,261],"if":[257],"possible":[258],"whenever":[262],"NP-hardness":[263],"prevails.":[264]},"counts_by_year":[{"year":2013,"cited_by_count":3},{"year":2012,"cited_by_count":2}],"updated_date":"2025-11-06T03:46:38.306776","created_date":"2025-10-10T00:00:00"}