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Combinatorics for multiprocessor scheduling optimization and other contexts in computer architecture

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Lennerstad, H., Lundberg, L. (1996). Combinatorics for multiprocessor scheduling optimization and other contexts in computer architecture. In: Deza, M., Euler, R., Manoussakis, I. (eds) Combinatorics and Computer Science. CCS 1995. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 1120. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-61576-8_94

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