Consider an M/M/1 queue in which customers arrive at a rate of 20 per hour, and the average service time is 150 seconds. What is the average number of customers in the system, and how long, on average, does each spend in the system and in line? Answer the question also if the arrival rate increases by 10%.

Consider an M/M/1 queue in which customers arrive at a rate of 20 per hour, and the average service time is 150 seconds. What is the average number of customers in the system, and how long, on average, does each spend in the system and in line? Answer the question also if the arrival rate increases by 10%.

Practical Management Science

6th Edition

ISBN:9781337406659

Author:WINSTON, Wayne L.

Publisher:WINSTON, Wayne L.

Chapter12: Queueing Models

Section12.5: Analytic Steady-state Queueing Models

Problem 9P

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