“Mathematically, what are we trying to optimise?” John MacLean/Millennium Images, UK
Scheduling family chores is tricky. Say you might have 3 plenty of washing: an ordinary load that can take 110 mins to scrub and 120 to dry; a closely dirty load that wishes an additional 30 mins to scrub; and a delicate one that can take 130 mins to scrub and 160 to dry. In which order do you wash them?
In the department of carried out maths referred to as operational analysis, this is known as a two-machine drawback. Lots of companies have an identical problems. One means, to seek out the shortest general…