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Product ID: 99657
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Undergraduate

Controlling the Effects of Interruptions (UMAP)

Author: Jo Anne Growney


This module deals with the problem of scheduling a task when interruptions occus with a known probability. Numerous examples demonstrate the benefits of scheduling and of organizing tasks into manageable subtasks.

Table of Contents:

INTRODUCTION

SIMULATION OF INTERRUPTIONS

MORE INTERRUPTION PROBLEMS - AND A FORMULA

THE VALUE OF ORGANIZATION

DERIVATION OF INTERRUPTION - TIME FORMULA

SCHEDULING AROUND INTERRUPTIONS

MORE EXERCISES

HINTS AND ANSWERS FOR EXERCISES

©1984 by COMAP, Inc.
UMAP Module
38 pages

Mathematics Topics:

Discrete & Finite Mathematics , Operations Research

Application Areas:

Various, Scheduling

Prerequisites:

Elementary notions of probability

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