Definitely, along with switching costs (if you drop a low-priority to work on a high-priority item, there’s some delay and some waste involved). In many systems, the switching delay/cost is high enough that it’s best to just leave some nodes idle. In others, the low-priority things can be arranged such that dropping/setting-aside is pretty painless.
Definitely, along with switching costs (if you drop a low-priority to work on a high-priority item, there’s some delay and some waste involved). In many systems, the switching delay/cost is high enough that it’s best to just leave some nodes idle. In others, the low-priority things can be arranged such that dropping/setting-aside is pretty painless.