Question: A store currently operates its service system with 1 operator. Arrivals follow a Poisson distribution and service times are exponentially distributed. The following spreadsheet has
A store currently operates its service system with operator. Arrivals follow a Poisson distribution and service times are exponentially distributed. The following spreadsheet has been developed for the system.
Arrival rate
Service rate
Number of servers
Utilization
P probability that the system is empty
Lq expected queue length
L expected number in system
Wq expected time in queue
W expected total time in system
Probability that a customer waits
What is the probability that a customer must wait in queue before being served?
a
b
c
d
What is the probability that a customer can go directly into service without waiting in line?
a
b
c
d
How many customers will be in the system on average at any one time?
a
b
c
d
What is the expected number of minutes a customer actually will be served?
a
b
c
d
If the store adds an additional server to its system, what happens to a customer's average service time?
a increases
b decreases
c it is unchanged
d depends on the arrival rate
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