Question: Consider a four server system with exponential interarrival and service times; no room for a queue; and a controller that adjusts the arrival rate depending

Consider a four server system with exponential interarrival and service times; no room for a queue; and a controller that adjusts the arrival rate depending on how busy the system is. More specifically, when )=(0,1,2,3 servers are busy, the controller sets the arrival rate to 15-i. Moreover, the servers distract each other when more than one of them are busy which causes their service rate to slow down. More specifically, when )=(1,2,3,4 servers are busy, each busy server's rate is 12i.
(a) Model this process as a birth-death process by drawing the transition diagram.
(b) Calculate the long run fraction of time that the system is empty. (0.1456)
(c) Calculate the long run fraction of time that the system is full. (0.23)
(d) Calculate the long run average rate at which customers enter the system. (10.25hr)
(e) If dividers are installed to eliminate distractions so that each server always works at rate 12, how many more customers can be served per unit time? (3.36hr)
 Consider a four server system with exponential interarrival and service times;

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