Scheduling independent tasks to reduce mean finishing time

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DOI10.1145/361011.361064zbMath0283.68039OpenAlexW2031612682MaRDI QIDQ4769981

Ravi Sethi, Edward G. jun. Coffman, John L. Bruno

Publication date: 1974

Published in: Communications of the ACM (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1145/361011.361064



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