Use the Decreasing-Time-List Algorithm to Schedule These Tasks on Three

question 59

Short Answer

Use the decreasing-time-list algorithm to schedule these tasks on three machines:
7, 2, 5, 3, 9, 1, 6, 5, 3, 7 (time in minutes).
How much time does the resulting schedule require?

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Definitions:

Upper-Class

The social group at the top of a societal hierarchy that holds the highest status and often wealth, typically exerting significant power and influence.

Legally Subordinate

Refers to a legal status where an entity or individual is considered to have fewer rights or powers in comparison to another in a given legal context.

Planter Class

A social and economic class in the antebellum South, composed of wealthy landowners who owned plantations and many slaves.

Paternalistic

An approach or system where individuals in positions of authority restrict the freedom and responsibilities of those subordinate to them, purportedly in the latter's best interest.