Excursions in Modern Mathematics
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ISBN: 9780134469119
Author: Tannenbaum
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 8, Problem 22E
A project consists of eight tasks labeled A through H. The processing time (P-time) and precedence relations for each task are given in Table 8-3. Draw the project digraph.
Table 8-3
| Task | P-time | Precedent tasks |
| A | 5 | C |
| B | 5 | C, D |
| C | 5 | |
| D | 2 | G |
| E | 15 | A, B |
| F | 6 | D |
| G | 2 | |
| H | 2 | G |
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