Question: what's the average time(in minutes) before checking in? After the check-in is done how long does it take for the patients to be called into
what's the average time(in minutes) before checking in?
An acute-care facility treats non-emergency patients (cuts, colds, etc.). Patients arrive according to an exponential interarrival time distribution with a mean of 11 minutes. Upon arrival they check in at a registration desk staffed by two nurses. Registration times follow a uniform distribution between 6 to 16 minutes. After completing registration, they wait in a waiting room for an available examination room; there are three identical examination rooms. Once a room becomes available, a patient is called into the room and receives the service (examination). Historical data suggest that patients can be divided into two groups with regard to different examination times. The first group (55% of patients) has examination times that follow a normal distribution with a mean and standard deviation of 22 and 4 minutes, respectively. The second group (45% of patients) has examination times that follow a normal distribution with a mean and standard deviation of 36 and 8 minutes, respectively. Simulate the system in Arena for 2,000 hours and answer the following questions. An acute-care facility treats non-emergency patients (cuts, colds, etc.). Patients arrive according to an exponential interarrival time distribution with a mean of 11 minutes. Upon arrival they check in at a registration desk staffed by two nurses. Registration times follow a uniform distribution between 6 to 16 minutes. After completing registration, they wait in a waiting room for an available examination room; there are three identical examination rooms. Once a room becomes available, a patient is called into the room and receives the service (examination). Historical data suggest that patients can be divided into two groups with regard to different examination times. The first group (55% of patients) has examination times that follow a normal distribution with a mean and standard deviation of 22 and 4 minutes, respectively. The second group (45% of patients) has examination times that follow a normal distribution with a mean and standard deviation of 36 and 8 minutes, respectively. Simulate the system in Arena for 2,000 hours and answer the following questions
After the check-in is done how long does it take for the patients to be called into an examination rooms?
what is the average utilization of examination rooms?
How many type 1 and type 2 patients checked in during the simulation horizon?
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