Algorithms To Live By
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The Importance of Weighted Completion Times
The optimal strategy here is weighted completion times so here you're combining shortest processing time and you also weigh it in terms of importance. sub goal under this strategy is just the putting out fires approach because from time to time as we all know a big fire just lands in your inbox. So even though the fire takes longer to put out this ramps up so far and importance that you need to get to it straight away. It's less about the size of the items on the list and more about just crossing off as many items as possible off your list whatever you're trying to do with lists calendars and finding the most optimal productivity strategy it all boils down to firstly consciously choosing what your goals are
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