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Chapter 4: Q4DQ (page 609)

Question: What priority rule do you use in scheduling your study time for midterm examinations? How many alternative schedules exist if you have 5 exams to study for?

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The priority rule will be either FCFS or SOT

The alternatives available to students are 120

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01

Priority rule used during examination for scheduling

The first exam will get more study time, so the First come, first served scheduling method can be used. An alternative way is to use SOT. The exam with the least preparation time will get more study time before the exam.

02

Calculate the alternatives

If there are five exams, then the number of alternatives in five is factorial. That is. After each exam, one alternative is chosen, leaving the student with one less alternative, which goes on till the last exam. This is why the five factorial is applied.

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