[scheduling] How to calculate Average Waiting Time and average Turn-around time in SJF Scheduling?

In SJF (Shortest Job First) Scheduling method.

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How to calculate Average Waiting Time and average Turn-around time?

Is Gannt Chart correct ?

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it is wrong. correct will be

P3 P2 P4 P5 P1 0 3 4 6 10 as the correct difference are these

Waiting Time (0+3+4+6+10)/5 = 4.6

Ref: http://www.it.uu.se/edu/course/homepage/oskomp/vt07/lectures/scheduling_algorithms/handout.pdf


The Gantt charts given by Hifzan and Raja are for FCFS algorithms.

With an SJF algorithm, processes can be interrupted. That is, every process doesn't necessarily execute straight through their given burst time.

P3|P2|P4|P3|P5|P1|P5

1|2|3|5|7|8|11|14

P3 arrives at 1ms, then is interrupted by P2 and P4 since they both have smaller burst times, and then P3 resumes. P5 starts executing next, then is interrupted by P1 since P1's burst time is smaller than P5's. You must note the arrival times and be careful. These problems can be trickier than how they appear at-first-glance.

EDIT: This applies only to Preemptive SJF algorithms. A plain SJF algorithm is non-preemptive, meaning it does not interrupt a process.


SJF are two type - i) non preemptive SJF ii)pre-emptive SJF

I have re-arranged the processes according to Arrival time. here is the non preemptive SJF

A.T= Arrival Time

B.T= Burst Time

C.T= Completion Time

T.T = Turn around Time = C.T - A.T

W.T = Waiting Time = T.T - B.T

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Here is the preemptive SJF Note: each process will preempt at time a new process arrives.Then it will compare the burst times and will allocate the process which have shortest burst time. But if two process have same burst time then the process which came first that will be allocated first just like FCFS.

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