Scheduling Criteria

A scheduling algorithm aims for:

• $max(\textrm{CPU utilisation})$
• $max(\textrm{Throughput})$ — The # of processes that terminate every time unit.
• $min(\textrm{Turnaround time})$ — The amount of time to execute a program to completion.
• $min(\textrm{Waiting time})$ — Amount of time process is in ready queue.
• $min(\textrm{Response time})$ — Amount of time taken for a request to yield a response.