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  1. Mathematical Sciences Deparment, IBM, 10598, Yorktown Heights, NY, USA

    Mark S. Squillante (Dr.)

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  1. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, USA

    David Padua

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Squillante, M.S. (2011). Affinity Scheduling. In: Padua, D. (eds) Encyclopedia of Parallel Computing. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-09766-4_41

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