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Q.1 Process times for all jobs are one hour. Changeovers between families requir

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Q.1 Process times for all jobs are one hour. Changeovers between families require four hours. Thus, the completion time for job 1 is 5, for job 2 is 6, for job 3 is 11, and so on.

Job Number

Family Code

Due Date

1

1

5

2

1

6

3

2

12

4

2

13

5

1

15

6

1

19

7

1

20

8

2

22

9

2

25

10

1

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a) How many possible sequences are there?

b) Compute the total tardiness of the current sequence (i.e. 1 to 10).

c) Is there any sequence with no tardiness?

d) Here, the processing times are deterministic (one hour). Suppose you are dealing with

uniformly distributed stochastic processing times (e.g. 45 < t< 75 minutes). Provide

some suggestions about handling varying operating times in scheduling activities

Job Number

Family Code

Due Date

1

1

5

2

1

6

3

2

12

4

2

13

5

1

15

6

1

19

7

1

20

8

2

22

9

2

25

10

1

27

Explanation / Answer

Answer:

Job

Family

Due Date

Comp Time

Tardiness

0

0

0

0

0

1

1

5

5

0

2

1

6

6

0

3

2

12

11

0

4

2

13

12

0

5

1

13

17

4

6

1

19

18

0

7

1

20

19

0

8

2

20

24

4

9

2

26

25

0

10

1

28

30

2

Total Tardiness

10

c) A sequence with no tardiness can be found with trial and error

Job

0

Job

Family

Due Date

Comp Time

Tardiness

0

0

0

0

0

1

1

5

5

0

2

1

6

6

0

3

2

12

11

0

4

2

13

12

0

5

1

13

17

4

6

1

19

18

0

7

1

20

19

0

8

2

20

24

4

9

2

26

25

0

10

1

28

30

2

Total Tardiness

10