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ScribdTranslationsLUIS VARGAS TORRES TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ESMERALDAS
CAREER: BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
ESMERALDAS-ECUADOR
OPERATIONS RESEARCH
Gustavo Castillo
THEME: SIMPLE CHANNEL PROBLEMS II
Montañó Lara Saray Alexandra
ESMERALDAS
PROBLEMS
Find all the parameters that quantitatively describe
a bank counter if the average time between arrivals is 12
minutes, while the number of customers in line and
service averages 2.5 clients. Determine:
Tell= 12 minutes
Ls = 2.5 clients
1
Tell=
λ
Tellxλ=1
1
λ= =0.08∗60 minutes=5 c l /h
12min
λ
Ls=
μ−λ
Ls ( μ− λ )= λ
Lsμ−Lsλ= λ
Lsμ=λ+Lsλ
λ+ Lsλ5+2.5+5 17.5
μ= = = =7 c l /h
Ls 2.5 2.5
The probability of finding a customer in the service process and
four others waiting in line
4
( )( )
P4 = 1−
5 5
7 7
=0.0522=0.05=5 %
Probability that the system is empty.
P0= 1−( 57=1−0.71=0.29=29%
)
Waiting time in the queue.
5 5
Wq= = =0.36∗60 minutes=21.6 minutes
7(7−5) 14
Expected customer time in the system
1 1
Ws= = =0.50∗60 minutes=30min
7−5 2
Average time spent in the system.
5 5
Ls= = =2.5 minutes
7−5 2
The average time for a service is 5 minutes and in the system
there are 3 clients, it is necessary to determine:
1 1 cl
Tess= = =0.20∗60min=12
μ5min h
λ
Ls=
μ−λ
λ
3=
12− λ
3 ( 12−λ )=λ
36−3 lambda= λ
36=λ+3λ
36=4λ
36
=λ
4
9=λ
Average number of customers in line
92 81
Lq= = =2.25cl
12(12−9) 36
2. Probability that the system is empty
P0= 1−
9
12( )
=1−0.75=0.25=25%
3. Probability of having 8 customers in the system
8
8
P = 1− ( 9
12 12
9
)( )
=0.025=0.0025=2.5%
4. System utilization factor
λ9
ρ= = =0.75=75 %
μ12
5. Average time a customer spends in the system
1 1
Ws= = =0.33∗60 minutes=20 minutes
12−9 3
6. Average time a customer spends in line
9 9
Wq= = =0.25∗60 min=15min
12(12−9) 36
Suppose a fast food restaurant has the capacity to serve in
an average of 120 customers per hour, it is known that customers wait in
average 2.5 minutes in line. Calculate the performance measures of
system:
λ
Wqμ=
μ ( μ− λ)
Wq μ( μ−λ )= λ
Wqμ2−Wqμλ=λ
Wq μ2=Wqμλ+ λ
Wqμ2=λ(Wqμ+1)
Wqμ2
λ=
Wqμ+1
0.04∗1202
λ=
0.04∗120+1
576 cl
λ= =99.31
5.8 h
a) What is the probability that a customer arriving at the restaurant has
what to expect.
n
(
Pn= 1−
2.5
120 )( )
2.5
120
=0.17×0.83=0.14=14%
b) What is the average length of the queues that form from time to time?
time
1 1
= = =0.05∗60 minutes=3min
120−99.31 20.69
c) What is the probability that the service is empty
(
P0= 1−
2.5
120 )
=1−0.83=0.17=17%
Determine all the parameters that describe quantitatively the
gas station pump, if the average arrival rate is 45 vehicles
for now and it maintains an average of 4 minutes between arrival and departure
from the gas station
1 1 vehicle
Tess= = =0.25∗60 minutes=15
μ4min h
a) The probability of finding the empty diesel tank
(
P0= 1−
15
45 )
=1−0.33=0.67=67%
b) The probability of finding 1 vehicle loading and 3 waiting at the
cola
n
n
(
= 1− )( )
15 15
45 45
=0.0067=0.01=1 %
c) The system utilization factor
λ15
ρ= = =0.33=33%
μ45
d) The expected number of buses in the queue
152 225
Lq= = =0.17 vehicle
45(45−15) 1.350
e) The average waiting time in the system
1 1
Ws= = =0.03∗60 minutes=1.80 min
45−15 30
f) The average waiting time in line
15 15
Wq= = =0.1∗60 minutes=0.60 minutes
45(45−15) 1350
Quick Lube Inc. is a fast lubrication and oil change business.
On a typical day, customers arrive at a rate of 3 per hour and the jobs of
Lubrication is carried out at an average rate of 1 every 15 minutes.
mechanics operate as a team working one at a time assuming
that arrivals are in the form of Poisson and the service is exponential
find:
a) The use of the lubrication equipment
3
P= =0.75=75%
4
b) The average number of cars in the line
32 9
Lq= = =2.25aut
4(4−3) 4
c) The average time that a car waits to be serviced
2.25 15
Wq= = =0.75∗60 minutes=45min
3 1350
d) The total time taken in the line plus the lubrication time
1 1
Ws= = =1 h
4−3 1
If the time a cashier will be idle is 25% and the time that a
The client will be in the waiting line for 3 minutes. DETERMINE:
λ
Wqμ=
μ ( μ−λ )
λ
3=
( )
1 1
3 3
−λ
3
[ ( )]
1 1
3 3
− λ =λ
[
1 1
3− λ =λ
9 3 ]
0.3333−λ=λ
0.3333=λ+ λ
0.3333=2 λ
0.3333
=λ
2
λ=0.1667
cl
0.1667∗60min=10
h
P0=1−0.75=0.25=25%
λ
P=
μ
10 10 cl
P= ∗0.75μ= =13.33
μ 0.75 h
The number of clients in the system
10 10
Ls= = =3cl
13.33−10 3.33
The number of customers in line
102 100
Lq= = =2.25c
13.33(13.33−10) 44.39
