This paper discussed the scheduling problem of outpatients in a radiology center with an emphasis on priority. To more compatibility to real-world conditions, we assume that the elapsed times in different stages to be uncertain that follow from the specific distribution function. The objective is to minimize outpatients’ total spent time in a radiology center. The problem is formulated as a fle...

Query scheduling, a fundamental problem in database management systems, has recently received a renewed attention, perhaps in part due to the rise of the “database as a service” (DaaS) model for database deployment. While there has been a great deal of work investigating different scheduling algorithms, there has been comparatively little work investigating what the scheduling algorithms can or...

User distribution is a critical issue in cellular networks. In most previous works, a uniform user distribution is often assumed within a cell. In this paper, we purpose a non-uniform user distribution model. Both its effects on downlink and uplink capacities of a cellular network are evaluated under two common packet scheduling algorithms: Maximum Carrier to Interference scheduling and Round R...

Providing efficient layered video streaming to heterogeneous users in varying network conditions requires dynamic bandwidth allocation, efficient data scheduling and incentives. In layered streaming, the video stream is composed of hierarchically encoded sub-stream layers namely the base layer and enhancements layers. We consider a scenario where receiver peers use a pull-based approach to adju...

Smart distribution networks (SDNs) plays a significant role in future power networks. Accordingly, the optimal scheduling of such networks, which include planning of consumers and production sections, inconsiderably concerned in recent research studies. In this paper, the optimal planning of energy and reserve of SDNs has been studied. Technical constraints of distribution network and power gen...