The Richards benchmark simulates the task dispatcher of an
operating system.
function runRichards() {
  var scheduler = new Scheduler();
  scheduler.addIdleTask(ID_IDLE, 0, null, COUNT);

  var queue = new Packet(null, ID_WORKER, KIND_WORK);
  queue = new Packet(queue,  ID_WORKER, KIND_WORK);
  scheduler.addWorkerTask(ID_WORKER, 1000, queue);

  queue = new Packet(null, ID_DEVICE_A, KIND_DEVICE);
  queue = new Packet(queue,  ID_DEVICE_A, KIND_DEVICE);
  queue = new Packet(queue,  ID_DEVICE_A, KIND_DEVICE);
  scheduler.addHandlerTask(ID_HANDLER_A, 2000, queue);

  queue = new Packet(null, ID_DEVICE_B, KIND_DEVICE);
  queue = new Packet(queue,  ID_DEVICE_B, KIND_DEVICE);
  queue = new Packet(queue,  ID_DEVICE_B, KIND_DEVICE);
  scheduler.addHandlerTask(ID_HANDLER_B, 3000, queue);

  scheduler.addDeviceTask(ID_DEVICE_A, 4000, null);

  scheduler.addDeviceTask(ID_DEVICE_B, 5000, null);

  scheduler.schedule();

  if (scheduler.queueCount != EXPECTED_QUEUE_COUNT ||
      scheduler.holdCount != EXPECTED_HOLD_COUNT) {
    var msg =
        "Error during execution: queueCount = " + scheduler.queueCount +
        ", holdCount = " + scheduler.holdCount + ".";
    throw new Error(msg);
  }
}