1. Consider the problem of scheduling n jobs of known durations t1, ..., tn for execution by a single processor. The jobs can be executed in any order, one job at a time. You want to find a schedule that minimizes the total time spent by all the jobs in the system. (The time spent by one job in the system is the sum of the time spent by this job in waiting plus the time spent on its execution.)

(a) Design a greedy algorithm for this problem.

(b) Does your algorithm always yield an optimal solution?

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Scheduling Algorithm and Optimality Analysis Problem Schedule n jobs with durations t1 tn to minimize the total time spent by all jobs in the system a Greedy Algorithm Shortest Remaining Time First SR... View the full answer