Description:

  • Given a set of n jobs all of which must be scheduled on a single resource such that all jobs arrive at time and each job has a deadline and a length ,
  • How to minimize the maximum lateness of the resulting schedule?
    • total lateness,

Earliest deadline first algorithm:

  • Sort all the jobs based on deadline
  • for each job
    • assign to interval
    • calculate deadline
  • Why is this complete and optimal?