DEEP REINFORCEMENT LEARNING-BASED INTELLIGENT TASK SCHEDULING FRAMEWORK FOR CLOUD DISTRIBUTED SYSTEMS
Cloud computing environments face increasingly complex challenges in task scheduling due to dynamic workloads, heterogeneous resources, and multi-objective optimization requirements. This paper proposes an innovative Deep Reinforcement Learning (DRL)-based Intelligent Task Scheduling Framework (DRITS) designed to optimize task allocation and resource utilization in cloud distributed systems. The proposed framework leverages advanced Deep Q-Networks (DQN) and Proximal Policy Optimization (PPO) algorithms to enable dynamic, adaptive scheduling that continuously learns optimal policies through interaction with the cloud environment. Our comprehensive evaluation demonstrates that DRITS achieves significant performance improvements, including 32.4% reduction in makespan, 48.7% lower energy consumption, and 22.6% improvement in resource utilization compared to traditional heuristic algorithms [1]. Extensive simulations using real-world Google Cluster workloads and diverse benchmark datasets validate the robustness and scalability of the proposed approach across varying workload conditions. The framework demonstrates strong adaptability to dynamic environments, fault tolerance capabilities, and superior performance in multi-objective optimization scenarios. These results establish DRL-based intelligent scheduling as a promising solution for next-generation cloud computing infrastructure management.