A new technique for 'scheduling' energy in electric grids has been developed. It moves away from centralized management by tapping into the distributed computing power of energy devices. The ...

This method is designed to solve the distributed heterogeneous hybrid blocking flow-shop scheduling problem (DHHBFSP), aiming to minimize total tardiness and total energy consumption.

Amazon's service architecture. Image courtesy Amazon. The idea of a distributed operating system has been around in academia for a long time.