package com.thealgorithms.dynamicprogramming;
/**
* This class refers to the Optimal Job Scheduling problem with the following constrains:
* - precedence relation between the processes
* - machine pair dependent transportation delays
*
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Optimal_job_scheduling
*
* @author georgioct@csd.auth.gr
*/
public class OptimalJobScheduling {
private final int numberProcesses;
private final int numberMachines;
private final int[][] Run;
private final int[][] Transfer;
private final int[][] Cost;
/**
* Constructor of the class.
* @param numberProcesses ,refers to the number of precedent processes(N)
* @param numberMachines ,refers to the number of different machines in our disposal(M)
* @param Run , N*M matrix refers to the cost of running each process to each machine
* @param Transfer ,M*M symmetric matrix refers to the transportation delay for each pair of
* machines
*/
public OptimalJobScheduling(int numberProcesses, int numberMachines, int[][] Run, int[][] Transfer) {
this.numberProcesses = numberProcesses;
this.numberMachines = numberMachines;
this.Run = Run;
this.Transfer = Transfer;
this.Cost = new int[numberProcesses][numberMachines];
}
/**
* Function which computes the cost of process scheduling to a number of VMs.
*/
public void execute() {
this.calculateCost();
this.showResults();
}
/**
* Function which computes the cost of running each Process to each and every Machine
*/
private void calculateCost() {
for (int i = 0; i < numberProcesses; i++) { // for each Process
for (int j = 0; j < numberMachines; j++) { // for each Machine
Cost[i][j] = runningCost(i, j);
}
}
}
/**
* Function which returns the minimum cost of running a certain Process to a certain Machine.In
* order for the Machine to execute the Process ,he requires the output of the previously
* executed Process, which may have been executed to the same Machine or some other.If the
* previous Process has been executed to another Machine,we have to transfer her result, which
* means extra cost for transferring the data from one Machine to another(if the previous
* Process has been executed to the same Machine, there is no transport cost).
*
* @param process ,refers to the Process
* @param machine ,refers to the Machine
* @return the minimum cost of executing the process to the certain machine.
*/
private int runningCost(int process, int machine) {
if (process == 0) // refers to the first process,which does not require for a previous one
// to have been executed
return Run[process][machine];
else {
int[] runningCosts = new int[numberMachines]; // stores the costs of executing our Process depending on
// the Machine the previous one was executed
for (int k = 0; k < numberMachines; k++) // computes the cost of executing the previous
// process to each and every Machine
runningCosts[k] = Cost[process - 1][k] + Transfer[k][machine] + Run[process][machine]; // transferring the result to our Machine and executing
// the Process to our Machine
return findMin(runningCosts); // returns the minimum running cost
}
}
/**
* Function used in order to return the minimum Cost.
* @param cost ,an Array of size M which refers to the costs of executing a Process to each
* Machine
* @return the minimum cost
*/
private int findMin(int[] cost) {
int min = 0;
for (int i = 1; i < cost.length; i++) {
if (cost[i] < cost[min]) min = i;
}
return cost[min];
}
/**
* Method used in order to present the overall costs.
*/
private void showResults() {
for (int i = 0; i < numberProcesses; i++) {
for (int j = 0; j < numberMachines; j++) {
System.out.print(Cost[i][j]);
System.out.print(" ");
}
System.out.println();
}
System.out.println();
}
/**
* Getter for the running Cost of i process on j machine.
*/
public int getCost(int process, int machine) {
return Cost[process][machine];
}
}