Question: Use the queueing spreadsheet we used in class to answer the following questions. In your report, make sure that in addition to your answers to

Use the queueing spreadsheet we used in class to answer the following questions. In your report, make
sure that in addition to your answers to the questions, you indicate in each question how you used the
spreadsheet (which tab, which parameters you took). You may include screenshots from the
spreadsheet to show your use.
You are an analyst at a hotel. The hotel lobby deals with check-in and check-out requests. The
concierge desk handles other requests by guests.
Data were collected for both customer arrival patterns and service timesfor the 9:00-5:00 time period.
The average numbers of customer arrivals for the lobby and concierge desk are provided in the Table
below. The average time it takes to serve customers in the lobby is three minutes for both the lobby
and the concierge desk. Inter-arrival times and service times come from an exponential distribution.
An overall goal for the hotel is that customers should not have to wait more than an average of two
minutes in the line.
Average number of customers
Time Lobby Concierge Desk
9:00-10:0065
10:00-11:00157
11:00-12:002415
12:00-13:003619
13:00-14:003819
14:00-15:00318
15:00-16:00206
16:00-17:00139
1. Find the staffing requirements (in terms of number of servers) for the lobby for each time
period that satisfies the hotels overall goal. Similarly find the staffing requirements (in terms
of number of servers) required for the concierge desk.

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