The Figure That Follows Depicts the Mean (Average) Flow Time

question 147

Multiple Choice

The figure that follows depicts the mean (average) flow time for a job when the critical-ratio rule is used to dispatch workers at several machines required to complete the job. In the figure, WHN 1, WHN 2, and WHN 3 represent three different rules for determining when a worker should be transferred to another machine, and Where represents six rules for determining the machine to which the worker is transferred. Construct a 3×6 matrix A to represent these data, with entries rounded to the nearest integer. ​ ​

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