Heterogeneous multi-core processors are attracted by the media processing applications due to their capability of drawing strengths of different cores to improve the overall performance. However, the data transfer bottlenecks and limitations in the task allocation due to the accelerator-incompatible operations prevents us from gaining full potential of the heterogeneous multi-core processors. T...

 To use services transparently in a distributed environment, the Utility Grids develop a cyber-infrastructure. The parameters of the Quality of Service such as the allocation-cost and makespan have to be dealt with in order to schedule workflow application tasks in the Utility Grids. Optimization of both target parameters above is a challenge in a distributed environment and may conflict one an...

Task allocation is an issue that every multi-robot system must address. Recent task allocation solutions propose an auction based approach wherein robots bid for tasks based on cost functions for performing a task. This paper presents RACHNA, a novel architecture for multi-robot task allocation based on a modified algorithm for the winner determination problem in multi-unit combinatorial auctio...

Incorporating mobile-edge computing (MEC) in the Internet of Things (IoT) enables resource-limited IoT devices to offload their computation tasks a nearby edge server. In this article, we investigate an system assisted by MEC technique with its task subjected sequential dependency, which is critical for video stream processing and other intelligent applications. To minimize energy consumption p...

Task allocation for heterogeneous agents in disaster environments under time, space and communication constraints is a challenging issue in both theory and practice. This paper presents a dynamic task allocation approach for such situations. The proposed approach consists of an information collection mechanism, a group task allocation mechanism and a group coordination mechanism. Initially, the...

By offloading computationally intensive tasks of smart end devices to edge servers deployed at the network, mobile computing (MEC) has become a promising technology provide services for Internet Things (IoT) devices. In order further improve access capability MEC and increase spectrum utilization efficiency, in this article, Non-Orthogonal Multiple Access (NOMA) is introduced into systems we st...

The path length of multiple unmanned aerial vehicle (multi-UAV) has a certain impact on the task allocation multi-UAV. In order to improve efficiency multi-UAV and reduce loss during process performing tasks, this paper takes as one influencing factors evaluation function. UAV length, performance, characteristics are taken addition, in genetic algorithm (GA) solving problem, proposes fusion bas...