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- From: valoisj@polaris.cs.rpi.edu (John Valois)
- Subject: References to a problem
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- Date: Tue, 8 Sep 1992 00:34:38 GMT
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- Hello,
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- I'm looking for references to the following problem:
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- We are given p processors. Each processor, starting at some time s(i),
- attempts to perform a task. One "attempt" takes time w(i).
- An attempt succeeds if no other processor has succeeded in its own attempt
- since the current attempt was begun. Otherwise, the current attempt fails,
- and the processor begins another attempt.
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- I'm interested in what the average number of "attempts" required to perform
- the task is, given p, w(i), and some sort of distribution of s(i).
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- Please email any pointers.
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