Abstract: This paper addresses the data-locality-aware task assignment and scheduling problem for distributed job executions. Our goal is to minimize job completion times without prior knowledge of ...

Abstract: Multi-task assignment is widely used in mobile crowdsensing (MCS) to efficiently utilize limited resources such as shared user pool, user capability constraints and so on. In MCS, users need ...

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Scroll down for hints and conversation about the puzzle for Monday, Jan. 5, 2026. By New York Times Games Good morning, dear connectors. Welcome to today’s Connections forum, where you can give and ...