A book binder has one printing press, one binding machine and manuscripts of 7 different books. The times required for performing printing and binding operations for different books are shown below. Book 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Printing time (hours) 20 90 80 20 120 15 65 Binding time (hours) 25 60 75 30 90 35 50 Decide the optimum sequence of processing of books in order to minimize the total time required to bring out all the books.

A book binder has one printing press, one binding machine and manuscripts of 7 different books. The times required for performing printing and binding operations for different books are shown below. Book 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Printing time (hours) 20 90 80 20 120 15 65 Binding time (hours) 25 60 75 30 90 35 50 Decide the optimum sequence of processing of books in order to minimize the total time required to bring out all the books.

Practical Management Science

6th Edition

ISBN:9781337406659

Author:WINSTON, Wayne L.

Publisher:WINSTON, Wayne L.

Chapter12: Queueing Models

Section: Chapter Questions

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