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2600

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2500

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Figure 27.24 Effect of prefetching and minimum number of subtasks.

TABLE 27.7 Effect of Self-Adjustment Function

Self-Adjustment Ramp-Up Running

Function Time (s) Time (s)

Linear 1068 2302

Constant 1142 2308

Exponential 681 2584

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Linear
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Time (s)

Figure 27.25 Effect of self-adjustment function on data ramp-up time.