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1.TheRockwellElectronicsCorporationretainsaservicecrewtorepairmachinebreakdowns
thatoccuronanaverageof=3perday(approximatelyPoissoninnature).
Thecrewcanserviceanaverageof=8machinesperday,witharepairtimedistributionthat
resemblestheexponentialdistribution.
(a)Whatistheutilizationrateofthisservicesystem?
(b)Whatistheaveragedowntimeforamachinethatisbroken?
(c)Howmanymachinesarewaitingtobeservicedatanygiventime?
(d)Whatistheprobabilitythatmorethanonemachineisinthesystem?Probabilitythatmore
thantwoarebrokenandwaitingtoberepairedorbeingserviced?Morethanthree?Morethan
four?
a. The utilization rate, ,
= 0.375
b. The average down time, W,
W
1
1 = 0.2 day
83
2
32 = 0.225 machine waiting
8 8 3
k 1
9
3
Pn 1
0.141
64
8
Pn 2
27
3
0.053
512
8
4
81
3
Pn 3
0.020
4, 096
8
5
Pn 4
243
3
0.007
32, 768
8
2.Fromhistoricaldata,HarrysCarWashestimatesthatdirtycarsarriveattherateof10per
houralldaySaturday.Withacrewworkingthewashline,Harryfiguresthatcarscanbecleaned
attherateofoneevery5minutes.Onecaratatimeiscleanedinthisexampleofasingle
channelwaitingline.
AssumingPoissonarrivalsandexponentialservicetimes,findthe
(a)averagenumberofcarsinline.
(b)averagetimeacarwaitsbeforeitiswashed.
(c)averagetimeacarspendsintheservicesystem.
(d)utilizationrateofthecarwash.
(e)probabilitythatnocarsareinthesystem.
= 10 cars/hour, = 12 cars/hour.
a. The average number of cars in line, Lq,
2
102
102
= 4.167 cars
12 12 10 12 2
Lq
10
10
= 0.4167 hour
12 12 10 12 2
1
1
1
hour
12 10 2
10
0.8333
12
e. The probability that no cars are in the system, P0, is given by:
P0 1
1 1 0.8333 0.1667
3.MikeDreskinmanagesalargeLosAngelesmovietheatercomplexcalledCinemaI,II,III,
andIV.Eachofthefourauditoriumsplaysadifferentfilm;thescheduleissetsothatstarting
timesarestaggeredtoavoidthelargecrowdsthatwouldoccurifallfourmoviesstartedatthe
sametime.Thetheaterhasasingleticketboothandacashierwhocanmaintainanaverage
servicerateof280moviepatronsperhour.
Servicetimesareassumedtofollowanexponentialdistribution.Arrivalsonatypicallyactive
dayarePoissondistributedandaverage210perhour.Todeterminetheefficiencyofthecurrent
ticketoperation,Mikewishestoexamineseveralqueueoperatingcharacteristics.
(a)Findtheaveragenumberofmoviegoerswaitinginlinetopurchaseaticket.
(b)Whatpercentageofthetimeisthecashierbusy?
(c)Whatistheaveragetimethatacustomerspendsinthesystem?
(d)Whatistheaveragetimespentwaitinginlinetogettotheticketwindow?
(e)Whatistheprobabilitythattherearemorethantwopeopleinthesystem?Morethanthree
people?Morethanfour?
2
2102
44,100 44,100
210
0.75
280
d. The average time spent by a patron waiting to get a ticket, Wq, is given by
Wq
210
210
= 38.6 seconds
280 280 210 280 70
e. The probability that there are more than two people in the system, Pn>2, is given by
Pn k
k 1
Pn 2
210
0.422
280
The probability that there are more than three people in the system, Pn > 3, is given by
4
210
0.316
280
Pn 3
The probability that there are more than four people in the system, Pn > 4, is given by
5
Pn 4
210
0.237
280