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Johnson's rule

Johnson's rule proper noun: a method of scheduling jobs to reduce makespan and idle time among multiple work centres.

Proper noun

Johnson's rule

  1. (operations research) A method of scheduling jobs to reduce makespan and idle time among multiple work centres.

Origin of Johnson's rule

Named after Selmer M. Johnson.

Questions about Johnson's rule

What does Johnson's rule mean?
Johnson's rule means a method of scheduling jobs to reduce makespan and idle time among multiple work centres.
What part of speech is Johnson's rule?
Johnson's rule is a proper noun.

Words near Johnson's rule in the dictionary

  1. Johnson polyhedrons
  2. Johnson solid
  3. Johnson solids
  4. Johnson thermoelectric energy converter
  5. Johnson's algorithm
  6. Johnson's rule
  7. Johnson-Lindenstrauss lemma
  8. Johnson-McMillin syndrome
  9. Johnson-Munson syndrome
  10. Johnson-Nyquist noise
  11. Johnsonese

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