The total service time of a multi step manufacturing operation has a gamma distribution with mean 18

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The total service time of a multi step manufacturing operation has a gamma distribution with mean 18 minutes and standard deviation 6.

(a) Determine the parameters λ and r of the distribution.

(b) Assume that each step has the same distribution for service time. What distribution for each step and how many steps produce this gamma distribution of total service time?

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Applied Statistics And Probability For Engineers

ISBN: 9781118539712

6th Edition

Authors: Douglas C. Montgomery, George C. Runger

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