1. A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium having stored therein a program for causing a computer to execute a priority control process comprising:
lowering a job allocation priority that indicates a priority order with which a plurality of jobs dispatched to a computational resource are allocated to a user, based on an estimated utilization amount of the computational resource recorded in a memory device for each of the plurality of jobs that are dispatched to the computational resource;
increasing the job allocation priority with a lapse of time at a restoration rate that is determined by a utilizable amount of the computational resource per unit time recorded in the memory device for each of a plurality of users; and
changing, upon completion of one job, the job allocation priority based on a difference between the estimated utilization amount and an amount of the computational resource actually utilized for the one job,
wherein the restoration rate for each of the plurality of users is recorded in the memory device for each of a plurality of time frames, depending on a planned utilization amount of the computational resource for each of the plurality of time frames.
2. The non-transitory computer-readable recording medium as claimed in claim 1, wherein the restoration rate is based on a value obtained by dividing the utilizable amount of the computational resource by the unit time.
3. The non-transitory computer-readable recording medium as claimed in claim 1, wherein the increasing stops increasing the job allocation priority after the job allocation priority reaches a maximum value recorded in the memory device for each of the plurality of users.
4. A priority control apparatus comprising:
a processor configured to execute a priority control process including:
lowering a job allocation priority that indicates a priority order with which a plurality of jobs dispatched to a computational resource are allocated to a user, based on an estimated utilization amount of the computational resource recorded in a memory device for each of the plurality of jobs that are dispatched to the computational resource;
increasing the job allocation priority with a lapse of time at a restoration rate that is determined by a utilizable amount of the computational resource per unit time recorded in the memory device for each of a plurality of users; and
changing, upon completion of one job, the job allocation priority based on a difference between the estimated utilization amount and an amount of the computational resource actually utilized for the one job,
wherein the restoration rate for each of the plurality of users is recorded in the memory device for each of a plurality of time frames, depending on a planned utilization amount of the computational resource for each of the plurality of time frames.
5. The priority control apparatus as claimed in claim 4, wherein the restoration rate is based on a value obtained by dividing the utilizable amount of the computational resource by the unit time.
6. The priority control apparatus as claimed in claim 4, wherein the increasing stops increasing the job allocation priority after the job allocation priority reaches a maximum value recorded in the memory device for each of the plurality of users.
7. A priority control method to be executed by a computer comprising:
lowering, by the computer, a job allocation priority that indicates a priority order with which a plurality of jobs dispatched to a computational resource are allocated to a user, based on an estimated utilization amount of the computational resource recorded in a memory device for each of the plurality of jobs that are dispatched to the computational resource;
increasing, by the computer, the job allocation priority with a lapse of time at a restoration rate that is determined by a utilizable amount of the computational resource per unit time recorded in the memory device for each of a plurality of users; and
changing, by the computer, upon completion of one job, the job allocation priority based on a difference between the estimated utilization amount and an amount of the computational resource actually utilized for the one job,
wherein the restoration rate for each of the plurality of users is recorded in the memory device for each of a plurality of time frames, depending on a planned utilization amount of the computational resource for each of the plurality of time frames.
8. The priority control method as claimed in claim 7, wherein the restoration rate is based on a value obtained by dividing the utilizable amount of the computational resource by the unit time.
9. The priority control method as claimed in claim 7, wherein the increasing stops increasing the job allocation priority after the job allocation priority reaches a maximum value recorded in the memory device for each of the plurality of users.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. A transfer device for adhering two transferable materials to a target substrate substantially simultaneously, the device comprising:
a pair of supplies of transfer substrates, each supply including a carrying surface and an adhesive-type transferable material provided on the carrying surface;
the transfer substrates being pressed together for enabling the target substrate to be fed therebetween to transfer the adhesive-type materials to opposing sides of the target substrate; and
a pair of take-up rolls for winding up spent portions of the transfer substrates from which the transferable materials have been transferred to the target substrate.
2. A transfer device according to claim 1, wherein the adhesive-type transferable materials are substantially the same.
3. A transfer device according to claim 1, wherein at least one of the adhesive-type transferable materials includes a decorative material.
4. A transfer device according to claim 3, wherein the decorative material comprises glitter.
5. A transfer device according to claim 3, wherein the decorative material comprises confetti.
6. A transfer device according to claim 1, further comprising a pressure applicator member in pressure applying relation adjacent one of the transfer substrates so that the transfer substrates are pressed together.
7. A transfer device according to claim 1, wherein the pair of supplies of transfer substrates are biased toward one another so that the transfer substrates are pressed together.