Question: Consider two waiting line systems, each with an arrival rate of 2 customers per minute. The first system is a Pooled - Queue system with

Consider two waiting line systems, each with an arrival rate of 2 customers per minute. The first system is a Pooled-Queue system with two servers and each server takes 0.9 minutes to serve a customer. The second system is a Faster-Service system with one server that serves each customer in 0.45 minutes. Assume that the notation used corresponds to the lecture media / text for a, p, CVa, CVp, and m. Unless otherwise stated, assume that all coefficients of variation (e.g., CVa, CVp) are one, corresponding to moderate variability. We seek to compare performance in these two systems. Pick all options below that are correct.
Note: This can be a challenging question. Use of a Waiting Line spreadsheet calculator, available on Canvas Module 3, can be beneficial.
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When there is no variability, both systems will have zero time in queue, Tq.
Both systems will satisfy I =(1/a) T, Iq =(1/ a) Tq.
Both systems will have the same average inventory at the servers, Ip.
The two-server system will be better than the faster-server system in terms of the four waiting line metrics, Tq, T, Iq, and I.
On average, the two-server system will be busier (have higher utilization) than the faster-server system
Flow time T will be higher in the two-server system, but Tq will be higher in the faster-server system.
When the variability is really high (much bigger than CVa = CVp =1), we expect the two-server system to perform better than the faster-server system.

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