The Scheduling Rule That Minimizes the Makespan Time for a Set

question 50

Multiple Choice

The scheduling rule that minimizes the makespan time for a set of jobs that must be processed through a two-step system where every job follows the same sequence through the two processes is the

• A) shortest processing time (SPT).
• B) Johnson's Rule.
• C) assignment method.
• D) minimal slack rule.

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