A Recent Advance in Short-Term Scheduling That Makes Use of Expert

question 69

Multiple Choice

A recent advance in short-term scheduling that makes use of expert systems and simulation in solving dynamic scheduling problems is:

• A) forward scheduling.
• B) backward scheduling.
• C) infinite scheduling.
• D) finite capacity scheduling.
• E) progressive scheduling.

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