Question: 2 Points ) Using the Kendall notation scheme ( e . g . M / M / 1 ) , describe each of the following

2 Points) Using the Kendall notation scheme (e.g. M/M/1), describe each of the
following queuing systems.
a.(1 Point) Patients arrive at the Urgent Care center at a rate of 12 per hour
(Poisson distribution). The treatment time follows an exponential distribution
with a mean of 30 minutes, and the minimum number of providers is available to
treat patients.
b.(1 Point) Patients arrive at the pharmacy randomly (Poisson distribution) at a
rate of six per hour to pick up prescriptions. Service time follows a general
distribution. There are two pharmacy techs on staff to help customers.
4.(2 Points) Consider two systems with single server to serve patients. The following two
scenarios describe how the waiting time is affected by variability (in patient arrival time
and service time) and utilization (utilization is the demand rate over capacity rate):
Scenario 1: Suppose two systems have the same utilization rate. The system with
_________(High/Low) variability has shorter average waiting time.
Scenario 2: Suppose two systems have the same variability. The system with _________
(High/Low) utilization has shorter average waiting time.
Hint: use the actual flow time utilization graph
5.(4 Points) Patients arrive at the walk-in clinic every 25 minutes on average (negative
exponential distribution), and it takes about 20 minutes for the physician to diagnose the
patient (negative exponential distribution).
a.(1 Point) On average, how many patients are there at the clinic?
b.(1 Point) On average, how long do patients wait to see the physician?
c.(2 Points) What is the probability that there are more than five patients at the
clinic?

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