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 First, download and extract [HyperQueue](https://github.com/It4innovations/hyperqueue/releases/download/v0.17.0/hq-v0.17.0-linux-x64.tar.gz).
 
 - [Exercise 1](exercise-1)
+- [Exercise 1b](exercise-1b)
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+# Exercise 1b
+Perform the same computation as in [exercise-1](../exercise-1), but this time use
+[Automatic allocation](https://it4innovations.github.io/hyperqueue/stable/deployment/allocation/)
+system to start workers (do not start any workers manually).