Queuing
Elements of Waiting Lines Population –Source of customers Infinite or finite
Elements of Waiting Lines Arrival Rate –Rate at which customers arrive at a service facility during a specified period of time –Arrivals can be defined as a Poisson distribution
Elements of Waiting Lines Service Times –How many customers can be served in a period of time –Exponential distribution The likelihood of encountering specified intervals of time or space between consecutive occurrences
Eliminating an infinite queue Arrival rate must be less than Service rate
Basic Waiting Line Structures Single-channel, single-phase Waiting line server
Basic Waiting Line Structures Multiple-channel, single-phase Waiting line Servers
Average number of customers in the system (waiting and being served) L =
Average number of customers in the waiting line 2 Lq =
Average time a customer spends in the system (waiting and being served) 1 W = -
Average time a customer spends waiting in line Wq =
Probability of no customers in the system P 0 = ( 1 – )
Probability of n customers in the system P n = ( ) n ( 1 – )
Utilization Rate –The proportion of time the system is in use =