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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 24, 2019
Filed:
May. 25, 2017
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
One embodiment provides a method, comprising: receiving a plurality of jobs for processing, wherein each of the plurality of jobs comprises a plurality of tasks and wherein at least one of the plurality of jobs is dependent on another of the plurality of jobs; receiving task dependencies between tasks of the at least one of the plurality of jobs and tasks of the another of the plurality of jobs, wherein the task dependencies identify dependent tasks from the tasks of the at least one of the plurality of jobs and dependee tasks from the tasks of the another of the plurality of jobs; scheduling the processing of the dependent tasks as being based upon only the completed processing of the dependee tasks; and performing job processing of the dependent tasks after processing of the dependee tasks irrespective of the overall job processing status of the another of the plurality of jobs.