Atri Sharma <atri.jiit@gmail.com> writes:
> We can use a scheduling algorithm, and can define a pool of tasks as well as
> a time constraint for the amount of time which can be used for running the
> tasks.Then, a scheduling algorithm can pick tasks from the pool based on
> priorities and the time duration of a task.I can see a dynamic programming
> solution to this problem.
I think mcron already implements it all and is made to be embedded into
a larger program.
http://www.gnu.org/software/mcron/
Regards,
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Dimitri Fontaine
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