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1 Outline Queueing System Introduction
Queueing System Elements Arrivals, Queue, Service Performance Measures Waiting time, Queue Length, Standards/Service Levels Single Server Queues (M/M/1, M/G/1) Multiple Server Queues (M/M/s) Priority Queues Economic Analysis Chapter 11

2 Outline Queueing System Introduction
Queueing System Elements Arrivals, Queue, Service Performance Measures Waiting time, Queue Length, Standards/Service Levels Single Server Queues (M/M/1, M/G/1) Multiple Server Queues (M/M/s) Priority Queues Economic Analysis Chapter 11

3 Queueing Models: Introduction
A basic queueing system

4 Queueing Models: Introduction
Customers People waiting to be served Machines waiting to be repaired Jobs waiting to be completed Airplanes waiting to takeoff Trucks waiting to be loaded/unloaded…. Servers People serving the customers A machine processing a job Forklifts for unloading….

5 Queueing Models: Examples
Some examples: Commercial service systems Type of System Customers Server(s) Barber shop People Barber Bank teller services Teller ATM machine service ATM machine Checkout at a store Checkout clerk Plumbing services Clogged pipes Plumber Ticket window at a movie theater Cashier Check-in counter at an airport Airline agent Brokerage service Stock broker Gas station Cars Pump Call center for ordering goods Telephone agent Call center for technical assistance Technical representative Travel agency Travel agent Automobile repair shop Car owners Mechanic Vending services Vending machine Dental services Dentist Roofing Services Roofs Roofer

6 Queueing Models : Examples
Some examples: Internal service systems Type of System Customers Server(s) Secretarial services Employees Secretary Copying services Copy machine Computer programming services Programmer Mainframe computer Computer First-aid center Nurse Faxing services Fax machine Materials-handling system Loads Materials-handling unit Maintenance system Machines Repair crew Inspection station Items Inspector Production system Jobs Machine Semiautomatic machines Operator Tool crib Machine operators Clerk

7 Queueing Models : Examples
Some examples: Transportation service systems Type of System Customers Server(s) Highway tollbooth Cars Cashier Truck loading dock Trucks Loading crew Port unloading area Ships Unloading crew Airplanes waiting to take off Airplanes Runway Airplanes waiting to land Airline service People Airplane Taxicab service Taxicab Elevator service Elevator Fire department Fires Fire truck Parking lot Parking space Ambulance service Ambulance

8 Queueing Models: Introduction
Herr Cutter’s Barber Shop Herr Cutter opens his shop at 8:00 A.M. The table shows his queueing system in action over a typical morning. Customer Time of Arrival Haicut Begins Duration of Haircut Haircut Ends 1 8:03 17 minutes 8:20 2 8:15 21 minutes 8:41 3 8:25 19 minutes 9:00 4 8:30 15 minutes 9:15 5 9:05 20 minutes 9:35 6 9:43

9 Queueing Models: Introduction
Evolution of the Number of Customers

10 Queueing Models: Elements
Arrivals The time between consecutive arrivals to a queueing system are called the interarrival times The expected number of arrivals per unit time is referred to as the mean arrival rate. The symbol used for the mean arrival rate is l = Mean arrival rate for customers coming to the queueing system (l lambda) The mean of the probability distribution of interarrival times is 1 / l = Expected interarrival time

11 Queueing Models: Elements
Herr Cutter’s Barber Shop After gathering more data, Herr Cutter finds that 300 customers have arrived over a period of 100 hours Mean arrival rate l= 300 𝑐𝑢𝑠𝑡𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑟𝑠 100 ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑠 =3 𝑐𝑢𝑠𝑡𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝑝𝑒𝑟 ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑜𝑛 𝑎𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑎𝑔𝑒 Expected interarrival time 1 l = 1 3 ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑏𝑒𝑡𝑤𝑒𝑒𝑛 𝑐𝑢𝑠𝑡𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝑜𝑛 𝑎𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑎𝑔𝑒 Most queueing models assume that the form of the probability distribution of interarrival times is an exponential distribution

12 Queueing Models: Elements
The Exponential Distribution for Interarrival Times The most commonly used queuing models are based on the assumption of exponentially distributed service times and interarrival times A random variable Texp( ), i.e., is exponentially distributed with parameter , if its density function is: The mean = E[T] = 1/ The Variance = Var[T] = 1/ 2

13 Queueing Models: Elements
fT(t) Probability density function is decreasing Memoryless property: P(T>t+t | T>t) = P(T >t) Probability density t Mean= E[T]=1/ Time between arrivals

14 Queueing Models: Elements
Properties of the Exponential Distribution There is a high likelihood of small interarrival times, but a small chance of a very large interarrival time. This is characteristic of interarrival times in practice. For most queueing systems, the servers have no control over when customers will arrive. Customers generally arrive randomly. Having random arrivals means that interarrival times are completely unpredictable, in the sense that the chance of an arrival in the next minute is always just the same. The only probability distribution with this property of random arrivals is the exponential distribution. The fact that the probability of an arrival in the next minute is completely uninfluenced by when the last arrival occurred is called the lack-of-memory property (memoryless property  like my fish!!!).

15 Queueing Models: Elements
The number of customers in the queue (or queue size) is the number of customers waiting for service to begin. The number of customers in the system is the number in the queue plus the number currently being served. The queue capacity is the maximum number of customers that can be held in the queue. An infinite queue is one in which, for all practical purposes, an unlimited number of customers can be held there. When the capacity is small enough that it needs to be taken into account, then the queue is called a finite queue. The queue discipline refers to the order in which members of the queue are selected to begin service. The most common is first-come, first-served (FCFS). Other possibilities include random selection, some priority procedure, or even last- come, first-served.

16 Queueing Models: Elements
When a customer enters service, the elapsed time from the beginning to the end of the service is referred to as the service time. Basic queueing models assume that the service time has a particular probability distribution. The symbol used for the mean of the service time distribution is 1 / m = Expected service time (m mu) The interpretation of m itself is the mean service rate. m = Expected service completions per unit time for a single busy server

17 Queueing Models: Elements
Some Service-Time Distributions Exponential Distribution The most popular choice. Much easier to analyze than any other. Although it provides a good fit for interarrival times, this is much less true for service times. Provides a better fit when the service provided is random than if it involves a fixed set of tasks. Standard deviation: s = Mean Constant Service Times A better fit for systems that involve a fixed set of tasks. Standard deviation: s = 0.

18 Queueing Models: Notation
Kendall’s Notation M = Exponential Ek = Erlang-k U = Uniform G = General D = Deterministic (constant times) Interarrival Time Distribution Service Time Distribution # of Servers System Capacity Dropped if infinite

19 Queueing Models: Notation
Single Server Queueing Models M/G/1 M/D/1 M/Ek/1 M/M/1 Multiple Server Queueing Models M/G/s M/D/s M/Ek/s M/M/s Finite Capacity Queueing Models M/M/s/k M/M/1/k M/M/s/s Priority Queues

20 Queueing Models: Assumptions
Interarrival times are independent and identically distributed according to a specified probability distribution. All arriving customers enter the queueing system and remain there until service has been completed. The queueing system has a single infinite queue, so that the queue will hold an unlimited number of customers (for all practical purposes). The queue discipline is first-come, first-served. The queueing system has a specified number of servers, where each server is capable of serving any of the customers. Each customer is served individually by any one of the servers. Service times are independent and identically distributed according to a specified probability distribution.

21 Queueing Models: Performance
Choosing a performance measure Managers who oversee queueing systems are mainly concerned with two measures of performance: How many customers typically are waiting in the queueing system? How long do these customers typically have to wait? When customers are internal to the organization, the first measure tends to be more important. Having such customers wait causes lost productivity. Commercial service systems tend to place greater importance on the second measure. Outside customers are typically more concerned with how long they have to wait than with how many customers are there.

22 Queueing Models: Performance
Measures of performance L = Expected number of customers in the system, including those being served (the symbol L comes from Line Length). Lq= Expected number of customers in the queue, which excludes customers being served. W = Expected waiting time in the system (including service time) for an individual customer (the symbol W comes from Waiting time). Wq = Expected waiting time in the queue (excludes service time) for an individual customer. These definitions assume that the queueing system is in a steady-state condition Not start-up, not temporary rush hour

23 Queueing Models: Performance
Relationship between L, W, Lq, and Wq Little’s formula states that L = lW and Lq = lWq Since L is the expected number customers in the queueing system at any time, a customer looking back at the system after completing service should see L customers on average Under FCFS, all L customers would have arrived during this customer’s waiting time in the queueing system, this waiting time is W on average Since l is the expected number of arrivals per unit time L = lW

24 Queueing Models: Performance
Relationship between L, W, Lq, and Wq Since 1/m is the expected service time Using Little’s law These are important!!! Once we know one value, we can determine the others W = Wq + 1/m Lq = lWq L = lW = l(Wq + 1/m) = l(Lq / l+ 1/m)=Lq + l /m L = Lq + l/m

25 Queueing Models: Performance
Relationship between L, W, Lq, and Wq l = 3 customers per hour arrive on average m = 4 customers per hour served (leave) on average Wq = ¾ hour waiting in the queue on average 1/ m = ¼ hour service time on average W=Wq + 1/m = ¾ + ¼ = 1 hour 1 hour waiting in the queueing system on average L=lW =3 customers/hour * 1 hour/customer = 3 customers 3 customers in the queueing system on average L = Lq + l/m  3 = Lq + ¾  Lq = 9/4 customers 9/4 customers in the queue on average

26 Queueing Models: Performance
In addition to knowing what happens on the average, we may also be interested in worst-case scenarios. What will be the maximum number of customers in the system? (Exceeded no more than, say, 5% of the time.) What will be the maximum waiting time of customers in the system? (Exceeded no more than, say, 5% of the time.) Statistics that are helpful to answer these types of questions are available for some queueing systems: Pn = Steady-state probability of having exactly n customers in the system. P(W ≤ t) = Probability the time spent in the system will be no more than t. P(Wq ≤ t) = Probability the wait time will be no more than t. Examples of common goals: No more than three customers 95% of the time: P0 + P1 + P2 + P3 ≥ 0.95 No more than 5% of customers wait more than 2 hours: P(W ≤ 2 hours) ≥ 0.95

27 Queueing Models: A Case Study
The Dupit Corporation is a longtime leader in the office photocopier marketplace. Dupit’s service division is responsible for providing support to the customers by promptly repairing the machines when needed. This is done by the company’s service technical representatives, or tech reps. Current policy: Each tech rep’s territory is assigned enough machines so that the tech rep will be active repairing machines (or traveling to the site) 75% of the time. A repair call averages 2 hours, so this corresponds to 3 repair calls per day. Machines average 50 workdays between repairs, so assign 150 machines per rep. Proposed New Service Standard: The average waiting time before a tech rep begins the trip to the customer site should not exceed two hours.

28 Queueing Models: A Case Study
Alternative Approaches Approach Suggested by John Phixitt: Modify the current policy by decreasing the percentage of time that tech reps are expected to be repairing machines. Approach Suggested by the Vice President for Engineering: Provide new equipment to tech reps that would reduce the time required for repairs. Approach Suggested by the Chief Financial Officer: Replace the current one-person tech rep territories by larger territories served by multiple tech reps. Approach Suggested by the Vice President for Marketing: Give owners of the new printer-copier priority for receiving repairs over the company’s other customers.

29 Queueing Models: A Case Study
Queueing System: The customers: The machines needing repair. Customer arrivals: The calls to the tech rep requesting repairs. The queue: The machines waiting for repair to begin at their sites. The server: The tech rep. Service time: The total time the tech rep is tied up with a machine, either traveling to the machine site or repairing the machine. (Thus, a machine is viewed as leaving the queue and entering service when the tech rep begins the trip to the machine site.)

30 Outline Queueing System Introduction
Queueing System Elements Arrivals, Queue, Service Performance Measures Waiting time, Queue Length, Standards/Service Levels Single Server Queues (M/M/1, M/G/1) Multiple Server Queues (M/M/s) Priority Queues Economic Analysis Chapter 11

31 Single Server Queues l = Mean arrival rate for customers = Expected number of arrivals per unit time 1/l = expected interarrival time m = Mean service rate (for a continuously busy server) = Expected number of service completions per unit time 1/m = expected service time r = the utilization factor = the average fraction of time that a server is busy serving customers = l / m

32 M/M/1 Queue Simplest model 1 n-1 n n+1 That is a Markov Chain
Each state (the yellow nodes) is a possible number of people in your queueing system Since infinitely possible states, we have infinite Markov Chain 1 n-1 n n+1

33 M/M/1 Queue Transition rates 1 n-1 n n+1
Transition rate is the rate which you leave from a state and the rate which you enter a state l m 1 n-1 n n+1

34 M/M/1 Queue Continuous time Markov Chain System State: Then
Conversation of Flow Rate in = Rate out System State: n = # of jobs in system pn = P(n jobs is the system) Then lpn-1 + mpn+1 = pn(l + m)

35 M/M/1 Queue Rate in = Rate out lpn-1 + mpn+1 = pn(l + m)
Recursively, it can be shown that: pn = rn(1-r) for r < 1 where r = l/m = utilization

36 M/M/1 Queue Recursive calculation using lpn-1 + mpn+1 = pn(l + m)
l P0= m P1  P1 = l/ m P0  P1 = rP0 l P0 + m P2 = P1(l + m)  P2 = r2P0 l P1 + m P3 = P2(l + m)  P3 = r3P0 ………… Pn = rnP0

37 M/M/1 Queue 𝑃 0 =1- r pn = rn(1-r) Geometric sequence and r<1
Sum of probabilities is equal to 1 P0+ P1+ P2+ P3+ P4+….. 𝑛=0 ∞ 𝑃 𝑛 =1 𝑃 0 𝑛=0 ∞ r 𝑛 =1 𝑃 0 =1- r pn = rn(1-r) Geometric sequence and r<1 1/(1- r)

38 M/M/1 Queue Recall the performance measures
L = Expected number of customers in the system, including those being served (the symbol L comes from Line Length). Lq= Expected number of customers in the queue, which excludes customers being served. W = Expected waiting time in the system (including service time) for an individual customer (the symbol W comes from Waiting time). Wq = Expected waiting time in the queue (excludes service time) for an individual customer

39 M/M/1 Queue L = E[# in system]

40 M/M/1 Queue Using Little’s Law L=lW and LQ=lWQ
W = E[Waiting Time in System] Lq = E[# in the queue]

41 M/M/1 Performance measures

42 M/M/1 Utilization law L and W Utilization 100%

43 Effect of High-Utilization Factors

44 M/M/1 The probability of having exactly n customers in the system is
Pn = (1 – r)rn Thus, P0 = 1 – r P1 = (1 – r)r P2 = (1 – r)r2 : : The probability that the waiting time in the system exceeds t is P(W > t) = e–m(1–r)t for t ≥ 0 The probability that the waiting time in the queue exceeds t is P(Wq > t) = re–m(1–r)t for t ≥ 0

45 M/M/1 Recall our example…
The Dupit Corporation is a longtime leader in the office photocopier marketplace. Dupit’s service division is responsible for providing support to the customers by promptly repairing the machines when needed. This is done by the company’s service technical representatives, or tech reps. Current policy: Each tech rep’s territory is assigned enough machines so that the tech rep will be active repairing machines (or traveling to the site) 75% of the time. A repair call averages 2 hours, so this corresponds to 3 repair calls per day. Machines average 50 workdays between repairs, so assign 150 machines per rep. Proposed New Service Standard: The average waiting time before a tech rep begins the trip to the customer site should not exceed two hours.

46 M/M/1 Alternative Approaches
Approach Suggested by John Phixitt: Modify the current policy by decreasing the percentage of time that tech reps are expected to be repairing machines. M/M/1 Approach Suggested by the Vice President for Engineering: Provide new equipment to tech reps that would reduce the time required for repairs. Approach Suggested by the Chief Financial Officer: Replace the current one-person tech rep territories by larger territories served by multiple tech reps. Approach Suggested by the Vice President for Marketing: Give owners of the new printer-copier priority for receiving repairs over the company’s other customers.

47 M/M/1 M/M/1 Queueing Model for the Dupit’s Current Policy
Current policy: Each tech rep’s territory is assigned enough machines so that the tech rep will be active repairing machines (or traveling to the site) 75% of the time. A repair call averages 2 hours, so this corresponds to 3 repair calls per day. Service rate  4 machines per day Machines average 50 workdays between repairs, so assign 150 machines per rep. Arrival rate  3 machines per day ¾ =0.75 daily utilization currently

48 M/M/1 Speadsheet for Dupit

49 M/M/1 Proposed New Service Standard: The average waiting time before a tech rep begins the trip to the customer site should not exceed two hours. The proposed new service standard is that the average waiting time before service begins <= two hours (i.e., Wq ≤ 1/4 day). John Phixitt’s suggested approach is to lower the tech rep’s utilization factor sufficiently to meet the new service requirement. Lower r = l / m, until Wq ≤ 1/4 day, where l = (Number of machines assigned to tech rep) / 50.

50 M/M/1 What can we control?
The number of machines assigned to a tech rep Let’s say we make it 100 machines Machines average 50 workdays between repairs, we assign 100 machines per tech rep. Arrival rate = 100/50 = 2 machines per day, l =2

51 M/M/1 We have it Cost? Under new policy
We will need to increase the number of tech reps

52 M/M/1 Mathematically… l / m(m- l)<=0.25  m=4 l / 4(4- l)<=0.25
Number of machines assigned/50 <=2 Number of machines assigned<=100

53 M/G/1 Alternative Approaches
Approach Suggested by John Phixitt: Modify the current policy by decreasing the percentage of time that tech reps are expected to be repairing machines. Approach Suggested by the Vice President for Engineering: Provide new equipment to tech reps that would reduce the time required for repairs. Approach Suggested by the Chief Financial Officer: Replace the current one-person tech rep territories by larger territories served by multiple tech reps. Approach Suggested by the Vice President for Marketing: Give owners of the new printer-copier priority for receiving repairs over the company’s other customers.

54 M/G/1 The Vice President for Engineering has suggested providing tech reps with new state-of-the-art equipment that would reduce the time required for the longer repairs. After gathering more information, they estimate the new equipment would have the following effect on the service-time distribution: mean  from 1/4 day to 1/5 day standard deviation  from 1/4 day to 1/10 day. (in exponential, mean=standard deviation) No longer M/M/1 

55 M/G/1 Assumptions: Interarrival times have an exponential distribution with a mean of 1/l Service times can have any probability distribution. You only need the mean (1/m) and standard deviation (s) The queueing system has one server

56 M/G/1 The probability of zero customers in the system is
The expected number of customers in the queue is Lq = [l2s2 + r2] / [2(1 – r)] The expected number of customers in the system is L = Lq + r The expected waiting time in the queue is Wq = Lq / l The expected waiting time in the system is W = Wq + 1/m

57 M/G/1 Service Distribution Model s Deterministic M/D/1 Erlang-k M/Ek/1
Erlang-k M/Ek/1 Exponential M/M/1

58 M/G/1 The proposed new service standard is that the average waiting time before service begins be two hours (i.e., Wq ≤ 1/4 day). The Vice President for Engineering has suggested providing tech reps with new state-of-the-art equipment that would reduce the time required for the longer repairs. After gathering more information, they estimate the new equipment would have the following effect on the service- time distribution: Decrease the mean from 1/4 day to 1/5 day. Decrease the standard deviation from 1/4 day to 1/10 day.

59 M/G/1 Approach of the Vice President for Engineering

60 Outline Queueing System Introduction
Queueing System Elements Arrivals, Queue, Service Performance Measures Waiting time, Queue Length, Standards/Service Levels Single Server Queues (M/M/1, M/G/1) Multiple Server Queues (M/M/s) Priority Queues Economic Analysis Chapter 11

61 Multiple Server Queues
l = Mean arrival rate for customers = Expected number of arrivals per unit time m = Mean service rate (for a continuously busy server) = Expected number of service completions per unit time Utilization factor s servers r = l/sm

62 Multiple Server Queues
M/G/s – no useful analytical results M/D/s – limited analytical results M/Ek/s – limited analytical results M/M/s – analytical results Mathematical derivations are complex!!! We will use Excel Utilization

63 Multiple Server Queues
Alternative Approaches Approach Suggested by John Phixitt: Modify the current policy by decreasing the percentage of time that tech reps are expected to be repairing machines. Approach Suggested by the Vice President for Engineering: Provide new equipment to tech reps that would reduce the time required for repairs. Approach Suggested by the Chief Financial Officer: Replace the current one-person tech rep territories by larger territories served by multiple tech reps. Approach Suggested by the Vice President for Marketing: Give owners of the new printer-copier priority for receiving repairs over the company’s other customers.

64 M/M/s Assumptions Interarrival times have an exponential distribution with a mean of 1/l. Service times have an exponential distribution with a mean of 1/m. Any number of servers (denoted by s). With multiple servers, the formula for the utilization factor becomes r = l / sm but still represents the average fraction of time that individual servers are busy.

65 M/M/s The proposed new service standard is that the average waiting time before service begins be two hours (i.e., Wq ≤ 1/4 day). The Chief Financial Officer has suggested combining the current one- person tech rep territories into larger territories that would be served jointly by multiple tech reps. A territory with two tech reps: Number of machines = 300 (versus 150 before) Mean arrival rate = l = 6 (versus l = 3 before) Mean service rate = m = 4 (as before) Number of servers = s = 2 (versus s = 1 before) Utilization factor = r = l/sm = 0.75 (as before)

66 M/M/s Still not what we want

67 M/M/s The Chief Financial Officer has suggested combining the current one- person tech rep territories into larger territories that would be served jointly by multiple tech reps. A territory with three tech reps: Number of machines = 450 (versus 150 before) Mean arrival rate = l = 9 (versus l = 3 before) Mean service rate = m = 4 (as before) Number of servers = s = 3 (versus s = 1 before) Utilization factor = r = l/sm = 0.75 (as before)

68 M/M/s

69 M/M/s Comparison of s=2 and s=3 Number of Tech Reps Number of Machines
l m s r Wq 1 150 3 4 0.75 0.75 workday (6 hours) 2 300 6 0.321 workday (2.57 hours) 450 9 0.189 workday (1.51 hours)

70 Insights When designing a single-server queueing system, beware that giving a relatively high utilization factor (workload) to the server provides surprisingly poor performance for the system Decreasing the variability of service times (without any change in the mean) substantially improves the performance of a queueing system.

71 Insights Multiple-server queueing systems can perform satisfactorily with somewhat higher utilization factors than can single-server queueing systems. For example, pooling servers by combining separate single- server queueing systems into one multiple-server queueing system greatly improves the measures of performance.

72 Insights Impact of Pooling Servers: Wq(for combined system) <
Suppose you have n identical M/M/1 Suppose you combine the servers so you have a single M/M/n Wq(for combined system) < Wq(for each single-server system)/n

73 Outline Queueing System Introduction
Queueing System Elements Arrivals, Queue, Service Performance Measures Waiting time, Queue Length, Standards/Service Levels Single Server Queues (M/M/1, M/G/1) Multiple Server Queues (M/M/s) Priority Queues Economic Analysis Chapter 11

74 Queueing Models: A Case Study
Alternative Approaches Approach Suggested by John Phixitt: Modify the current policy by decreasing the percentage of time that tech reps are expected to be repairing machines. Approach Suggested by the Vice President for Engineering: Provide new equipment to tech reps that would reduce the time required for repairs. Approach Suggested by the Chief Financial Officer: Replace the current one-person tech rep territories by larger territories served by multiple tech reps. Approach Suggested by the Vice President for Marketing: Give owners of the new printer-copier priority for receiving repairs over the company’s other customers.

75 Priority Queueing Models
General Assumptions: There are two or more categories of customers. Each category is assigned to a priority class. Customers in priority class 1 are given priority over customers in priority class 2. Priority class 2 has priority over priority class 3, etc. After deferring to higher priority customers, the customers within each priority class are served on a first-come-fist-served basis. Two types of priorities Nonpreemptive priorities: Once a server has begun serving a customer, the service must be completed (even if a higher priority customer arrives). However, once service is completed, priorities are applied to select the next one to begin service. Preemptive priorities: The lowest priority customer being served is preempted (ejected back into the queue) whenever a higher priority customer enters the queueing system.

76 Preemptive Priorities Queues
Additional Assumptions Preemptive priorities are used as previously described. For priority class i (i = 1, 2, … , n), the interarrival times of the customers in that class have an exponential distribution with a mean of 1/li. All service times have an exponential distribution with a mean of 1/m, regardless of the priority class involved. The queueing system has a single server. The utilization factor for the server is r = (l1 + l2 + … + ln) / m

77 Non-Preemptive Priorities Queues
Additional Assumptions Nonpreemptive priorities are used as previously described. For priority class i (i = 1, 2, … , n), the interarrival times of the customers in that class have an exponential distribution with a mean of 1/li. All service times have an exponential distribution with a mean of 1/m, regardless of the priority class involved. The queueing system can have any number of servers. The utilization factor for the servers is r = (l1 + l2 + … + ln) / sm

78 Priority Queueing Models
VP of Marketing Approach (Priority for New Copiers) The proposed new service standard is that the average waiting time before service begins be two hours (i.e., Wq ≤ 1/4 day). The Vice President of Marketing has proposed giving the printer-copiers priority over other machines for receiving service. The rationale for this proposal is that the printer-copier performs so many vital functions that its owners cannot tolerate being without it as long as other machines. The mean arrival rates for the two classes of copiers are l1 = 1 customer (printer-copier) per workday (now) l2 = 2 customers (other machines) per workday (now) The proportion of printer-copiers is expected to increase, so in a couple years l1 = 1.5 customers (printer-copiers) per workday (later) l2 = 1.5 customers (other machines) per workday (later)

79 Priority Queueing Models
VP of Marketing Approach (Priority for New Copiers) Nonpreemptive Priorities Model for VP of Marketing’s Approach (Current Arrival Rates)

80 Priority Queueing Models
VP of Marketing Approach (Priority for New Copiers) Nonpreemptive Priorities Model for VP of Marketing’s Approach (Future Arrival Rates)

81 Priority Queueing Models
Expected Waiting Times with Nonpreemptive Priorities s When l1 l2 m r Wq for Printer Copiers Wq for Other Machines 1 Now 2 4 0.75 0.25 workday (2 hrs.) 1 workday (8 hrs.) Later 1.5 0.3 workday (2.4 hrs.) 1.2 workday (9.6 hrs.) 0.107 workday (0.86 hr.) 0.439 workday (3.43 hrs.) 3 0.129 workday (1.03 hrs.) 0.514 workday (4.11 hrs.) 6 0.063 workday (0.50 hr.) 0.252 workday (2.02 hrs.) 4.5 0.076 workday (0.61 hr.) 0.303 workday (2.42 hrs.)

82 Outline Queueing System Introduction
Queueing System Elements Arrivals, Queue, Service Performance Measures Waiting time, Queue Length, Standards/Service Levels Single Server Queues (M/M/1, M/G/1) Multiple Server Queues (M/M/s) Priority Queues Economic Analysis Chapter 11

83 Economic Analysis In many cases, the consequences of making customers wait can be expressed as a waiting cost. The manager is interested in minimizing the total cost. TC = Expected total cost per unit time SC = Expected service cost per unit time WC = Expected waiting cost per unit time The objective is then to choose the number of servers so as to Minimize TC = SC + WC When each server costs the same (Cs = cost of server per unit time), SC = Cs s When the waiting cost is proportional to the amount of waiting (Cw = waiting cost per unit time for each customer), WC = Cw L

84 Economic Analysis Acme Machine Shop
The Acme Machine Shop has a tool crib for storing tool required by shop mechanics. Two clerks run the tool crib. The estimates of the mean arrival rate l and the mean service rate (per server) m are l = 120 customers per hour m = 80 customers per hour The total cost to the company of each tool crib clerk is $20/hour, so Cs = $20. While mechanics are busy, their value to Acme is $48/hour, so Cw = $48. Choose s so as to Minimize TC = $20s + $48L.

85 Economic Analysis Acme Machine Shop

86 Economic Analysis Acme Machine Shop

87 Further Study Read Chapter 11 Practice problems
11.6, 11.7, 11.8, 11.15, 11.16, 11.23, 11.27 The following problems are in Homework 3: 11.9, 11.13


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