Task distribution

A processing unit task association system for associating tasks with processors, the system comprising:

• a computing system having at least one processing unit;
• a region allocator which allocates a multidimensional region to the processing unit, the multidimensional region being within a multidimensional task space;
• a point assignor which assigns a multidimensional point to a task;
• and
• a task associator which associates the task with the processing unit if the multidimensional region allocated to the processing unit is close to the multidimensional point assigned to the task, wherein the task associator uses taxicab distance to determine whether the multidimensional region allocated to the processing unit is close to the multidimensional point assigned to the task.

A processing unit task association system for associating tasks with processors, the system comprising:

• a computing system having at least one processing unit;
• a region allocator which allocates a region to the processing unit, the region being within a multi-faceted task space that is a derived space based on a foundation space, such that the region is a subset containing multiple points of the foundation space and the derived space uses a Hausdorff metric;
• a point assignor which assigns a point to a task, such that the point is derived space point as a subset containing at least one point of the foundation space;
• and
• a task associator which associates the task with the processing unit if the region allocated to the processing unit is close to the point assigned to the task.