Question: Consider the following queueing network that represents a 4 - station manufacturing system. The arrows show part flow through the system ( Stations A ,

Consider the following queueing network that represents a 4-station manufacturing system. The arrows show part flow through the system (Stations A, C & D have a capacity of 1, i.e.c=1, while Station B has a capacity of 2, i.e.c=2). The parameters are given as follows:
Part arrival rate (A=100 parts/hour).
Mean station service times (all service times are exponentially distributed):
A: 30 seconds
B: 40 seconds
C: 90 seconds
D: 90 seconds
Solve the queueing network to find the following steady-state values
a) The expected utilizations for stations A, B, C, and D
b) The expected number of parts in the system (L)
c) The expected time that a part spends in the system (W)
d) Perform two (2) sensitivity analysis for this system using Excel Data Tables.
i. The first sensitivity analysis is to consider how the number of jobs in system (L) is impacted for the following values of service times (in seconds) for Station B: 25,30,35,40,45,50,55,60,65,70,&75, and the following values of mean station service times (in seconds) for station C: 75,80,85,90,95,100,105,&110
 Consider the following queueing network that represents a 4-station manufacturing system.

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