Loose-leaf for Operations Management (The Mcgraw-hill Series in Operations and Decision Sciences)
Loose-leaf for Operations Management (The Mcgraw-hill Series in Operations and Decision Sciences)
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ISBN: 9781259580093
Author: William J Stevenson
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 18, Problem 16P

A priority waiting system assigns arriving customers to one of four classes. Arrival rates (Poisson) of the classes are shown in the following table. Five servers process the customers, and each can handle three customers per hour.

Chapter 18, Problem 16P, A priority waiting system assigns arriving customers to one of four classes. Arrival rates (Poisson)

a. What is the system utilization?

b. What is the average wait for service by customers in the various classes? How many are waiting in each class, on average?

c. If the arrival rate of the second priority class could be reduced to three units per hour by shifting some arrivals into the third priority class, how would your answers to part b change?

d. What observations can you make based on your answers to part c?

a)

Expert Solution
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Summary Introduction

To determine: System utilization rate.

Introduction: Poisson distribution is utilized to ascertain the probability of an occasion happening over a specific time period or interval. The interval can be one of time, zone, volume or separation. The probability of an event happening is discovered utilizing the equation in the Poisson distribution.

Answer to Problem 16P

The system utilization rate is 0.7333.

Explanation of Solution

Given Information:

It is given that the processing time is 3 customers per hour and there are 5 servers to process the customers.

Class Arrivals per Hour
1 2
2 4
3 3
4 2

Calculate the system utilization:

It is calculated by adding all the total customer hours for each class and the result is divided with number of servers and customer process per hour.

ρ=[λ1+λ2+λ3+λ4Mμ]=[2+4+3+25×3]=[11perhour15]=0.7333perhour

Here,

ρ = system utilization rate

λ1 = total customer arrival rate for class 1

λ2 = total customer arrival rate for class 2

λ3 = total customer arrival rate for class 3

λ4 = total customer arrival rate for class 4

μ = customer service process rate per hour

M = number of servers

Hence the system utilization is 0.7333.

b)

Expert Solution
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Summary Introduction

To determine: The average customer waiting for service for each class and waiting in each class on average.

Answer to Problem 16P

The average wait time for service by customers for class 1 is 0.0333 hours, class 2 is 0.0555 hours, class 3 is 0.1202 hours and class 4 is 0.2705 hours. The waiting in each class on average for class 1 is 0.0666 customers, class 2 is 0.2220 customers, class 3 is 0.3607 customers and class 4 is 0.5411 customers.

Explanation of Solution

Given Information:

It is given that the processing time is 3 customers per hour and there are 5 servers to process the customers.

Class Arrivals per Hour
1 2
2 4
3 3
4 2

Calculate the average number of customers:

It is calculated by dividing the total customers arrive per hour with customer process per hour.

r=[λμ]=[113]=3.6667

Here,

r = average number of customers

λ = total customer arrival rate

μ = customer service process rate per hour

Calculate average number of customers waiting for service (Lq) using infinite-source table values for μ = 3.6667 and M = 5

The Lq values for μ = 3.6667 and M = 5 is 1.1904

Calculate A using Formula 18-16 from book:

It is calculated by subtracting 1 minus system utilization rate and multiplying the result with Lq, the whole result is divided by total customer arrival rate.

A=[λ1+λ2+λ3+λ4(1ρ)Lq]=[2+4+3+2(10.7333)×1.1904]=[110.2667×1.1904]=[110.31744]=34.6522

Here,

Lq = average number of customers waiting for service

λ1 = total customer arrival rate for class 1

λ2 = total customer arrival rate for class 2

λ3 = total customer arrival rate for class 3

λ4 = total customer arrival rate for class 4

ρ = system utilization rate

Calculate B using Formula 18-17 from book for each category

It is calculated by multiplying number of servers with customer service process rate per hour and the result is divided by total customer arrival rate for each category.

B0=1B1=[1(λ1Mμ)]=[1(25×3)]=[1(215)]=[10.1333]=0.8667

B2=[1(λ1+λ2Mμ)]=[1(2+45×3)]=[1(615)]=[10.4000]=0.6000

B3=[1(λ1+λ2+λ3Mμ)]=[1(2+4+35×3)]=[1(915)]=[10.6000]=0.4000

B4=[1(λ1+λ2+λ3+λ4Mμ)]=[1(2+4+3+25×3)]=[1(1115)]=[10.7333]=0.2667

Here,

λ1 = total customer arrival rate for class 1

λ2 = total customer arrival rate for class 2

λ3 = total customer arrival rate for class 3

λ4 = total customer arrival rate for class 4

μ = customer service process rate per hour

M = number of servers

B1 = total customer arrival rate for class 1

B2 = total customer arrival rate for class 2

B3 = total customer arrival rate for class 1

B4 = total customer arrival rate for class 2

Calculate the average waiting time for class 1 and class 2

It is calculated by multiplying A with B0 and B1, the result is divided by 1.

W1=[1A×B0×B1]=[134.6522×1×0.8667]=[130.0319]=0.033298or0.0333hours

W2=[1A×B1×B2]=[134.6522×0.8667×0.6]=[118.0192]=0.055497or0.0555hours

W3=[1A×B2×B3]=[134.6522×0.6×0.4]=[18.3165]=0.120242or0.1202hours

W4=[1A×B3×B4]=[134.6522×0.4×0.2667]=[13.6962]=0.270545or0.2705hours

Calculate the average number of customers that are waiting for service for class 1 and class 2:

It is calculated by multiplying total customer arrival rate with average waiting time for units in each category.

L1=[W1×λ1]=[0.033298×2]=0.066596or0.0666customers

L2=[W2×λ2]=[0.055497×4]=0.221986or0.2220customers

L3=[W3×λ3]=[0.120242×3]=0.360727or0.3607customers

L4=[W4×λ4]=[0.270545×2]=0.541091or0.5411customers

Excel Spreadsheet:

Loose-leaf for Operations Management (The Mcgraw-hill Series in Operations and Decision Sciences), Chapter 18, Problem 16P , additional homework tip  1

Excel Workings:

Loose-leaf for Operations Management (The Mcgraw-hill Series in Operations and Decision Sciences), Chapter 18, Problem 16P , additional homework tip  2

Loose-leaf for Operations Management (The Mcgraw-hill Series in Operations and Decision Sciences), Chapter 18, Problem 16P , additional homework tip  3

Hence the average wait time for service by customers for class 1 is 0.0333 hours, class 2 is 0.0555 hours, class 3 is 0.1202 hours and class 4 is 0.2705 hours. The waiting in each class on average for class 1 is 0.0666 customers, class 2 is 0.2220 customers, class 3 is 0.3607 customers and class 4 is 0.5411 customers.

c)

Expert Solution
Check Mark
Summary Introduction

To determine: The average customer waiting for service for each class and waiting in each class on average.

Answer to Problem 16P

The average wait time for service by customers for class 1 is 0.0333 hours, class 2 is 0.0499 hours, class 3 is 0.1082 hours and class 4 is 0.2705 hours. The waiting in each class on average for class 1 is 0.0666 customers, class 2 is 0.1498 customers, class 3 is 0.4329 customers and class 4 is 0.5411 customers.

Explanation of Solution

Given Information:

It is given that the processing time is 3 customers per hour and there are 5 servers to process the customers. The second priority class is reduced to 3 units per hour by shifting some into the third party class. The arrival rate is as follows,

Class Arrivals per Hour
1 2
2 3
3 4
4 2

Calculate the average number of customers

It is calculated by dividing the total customers arrive per hour with customer process per hour.

r=[λμ]=[113]=3.6667

Here,

r = average number of customers

λ = total customer arrival rate

μ = customer service process rate per hour

Calculate average number of customers waiting for service (Lq) using infinite-source table values for μ = 3.6667 and M = 5

The Lq values for μ = 3.6667 and M = 5 is 1.1904

Calculate A using Formula 18-16 from book:

It is calculated by subtracting 1 minus system utilization rate and multiplying the result with Lq, the whole result is divided by total customer arrival rate.

A=[λ1+λ2+λ3+λ4(1ρ)Lq]=[2+3+4+2(10.7333)×1.1904]=[110.2667×1.1904]=[110.31744]=34.6522

Here,

Lq = average number of customers waiting for service

λ1 = total customer arrival rate for class 1

λ2 = total customer arrival rate for class 2

λ3 = total customer arrival rate for class 3

λ4 = total customer arrival rate for class 4

ρ = system utilization rate

Calculate B using Formula 18-17 from book for each category

It is calculated by multiplying number of servers with customer service process rate per hour and the result is divided by total customer arrival rate for each category.

B0=1B1=[1(λ1Mμ)]=[1(25×3)]=[1(215)]=[10.1333]=0.8667

B2=[1(λ1+λ2Mμ)]=[1(2+35×3)]=[1(515)]=[10.3333]=0.6667

B3=[1(λ1+λ2+λ3Mμ)]=[1(2+3+45×3)]=[1(915)]=[10.6000]=0.4000

B4=[1(λ1+λ2+λ3+λ4Mμ)]=[1(2+3+4+25×3)]=[1(1115)]=[10.7333]=0.2667

Here,

λ1 = total customer arrival rate for class 1

λ2 = total customer arrival rate for class 2

λ3 = total customer arrival rate for class 3

λ4 = total customer arrival rate for class 4

μ = customer service process rate per hour

M = number of servers

B1 = total customer arrival rate for class 1

B2 = total customer arrival rate for class 2

B3 = total customer arrival rate for class 1

B4 = total customer arrival rate for class 2

Calculate the average waiting time for class 1 and class 2

It is calculated by multiplying A with B0 and B1, the result is divided by 1.

W1=[1A×B0×B1]=[134.6522×1×0.8667]=[130.0319]=0.033298or0.0333hours

W2=[1A×B1×B2]=[134.6522×0.8667×0.6667]=[120.0213]=0.049947or0.0499hours

W3=[1A×B2×B3]=[134.6522×0.6667×0.4]=[19.2406]=0.108218or0.1082hours

W4=[1A×B3×B4]=[134.6522×0.4×0.2667]=[13.6962]=0.270545or0.2705hours

Calculate the average number of customers that are waiting for service for class 1 and class 2:

It is calculated by multiplying total customer arrival rate with average waiting time for units in each category.

L1=[W1×λ1]=[0.033298×2]=0.066596or0.0666customers

L2=[W2×λ2]=[0.049947×3]=0.149841or0.1498customers

L3=[W3×λ3]=[0.120242×4]=0.432873or0.4329customers

L4=[W4×λ4]=[0.270545×2]=0.541091or0.5411customers

Excel Spreadsheet:

Loose-leaf for Operations Management (The Mcgraw-hill Series in Operations and Decision Sciences), Chapter 18, Problem 16P , additional homework tip  4

Excel Workings:

Loose-leaf for Operations Management (The Mcgraw-hill Series in Operations and Decision Sciences), Chapter 18, Problem 16P , additional homework tip  5

Loose-leaf for Operations Management (The Mcgraw-hill Series in Operations and Decision Sciences), Chapter 18, Problem 16P , additional homework tip  6

Hence the average wait time for service by customers for class 1 is 0.0333 hours, class 2 is 0.0499 hours, class 3 is 0.1082 hours and class 4 is 0.2705 hours. The waiting in each class on average for class 1 is 0.0666 customers, class 2 is 0.1498 customers, class 3 is 0.4329 customers and class 4 is 0.5411 customers.

d)

Expert Solution
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Summary Introduction

To determine: The observations based on the results from part c.

Answer to Problem 16P

Changing several arrivals from Class 2 to Class 3 decreased the average wait time. Additionally, the average number waiting reduced for Class 2, while the average number waiting for Class 3 increased by the same amount.

Explanation of Solution

Calculate the change in average wait time for each class.

It is calculated by subtracting the final answer for average wait time for service by customers from part b with the final answer for average wait time for service by customers from part c.

ChangeinAverageTimeClass1=[0.33330.3333]=0hours

ChangeinAverageTimeClass2=[0.05550.0499]=0.0056hours

ChangeinAverageTimeClass3=[0.12020.1082]=0.0120hours

ChangeinAverageTimeClass3=[0.27050.2705]=0hours

The above results suggest that there is a decrease in average wait time for class 2 and class 3. Class 1 and 4 remains constant.

Calculate the change in average number waiting for each class.

It is calculated by subtracting the final answer for waiting on average from part b with the final answer for waiting on average from part c.

ChangeinAverageWaitingClass1=[0.33330.3333]=0customers

ChangeinAverageTimeClass2=[0.22200.1498]=0.0722customers

ChangeinAverageTimeClass3=[0.43290.3607]=0.0722customers

ChangeinAverageTimeClass4=[0.54110.5411]=0customers

The above results suggest that there is a decrease in average waiting for class 2 and an increase in class 3. Class 1 and 4 remains constant.

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