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SCAN dispatch algorithm. SCAN (elevator) dispatch algorithm — sweeps end-to-end before reversing.

Originally described for disk-arm scheduling in Denning, P. J. (1967), “Effects of Scheduling on File Memory Operations”, Proc. AFIPS Spring Joint Computer Conference, 9–21. The same sweep discipline is the textbook “elevator” algorithm.

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ScanDispatch
Elevator dispatch using the SCAN (elevator) algorithm.