6.5 M/D/1, M/M/1, & M/M/N Queuing
6.5 M/D/1, M/M/1, & M/M/N Queuing
6.5 M/D/1, M/M/1, & M/M/N Queuing
Equations:
Traffic Intensity:
Example:
Customers arrive at the ticket counter of a local movie theater at a rate of 165 customers
per hour until the movie starts, while the service rate is 3.25 persons per minute.
Compute the characteristics of this system.
Given:
Solution:
First, we have to solve for the traffic intensity (ρ),
M/M/1 Queuing
Assumes both exponentially distributed arrivals and departure times, with one departure
channel.
Equations:
Example:
A movie theater ticket booth has a mean arrival rate of 3 persons/minute, and the service
rate is 4 persons/minute. Calculate the characteristics of this queuing system applying the
M/M/1 model.
Given:
Solution:
First, we have to solve for the traffic intensity (ρ),
M/M/N Queuing
Assumes the same characteristics as M/M/1 except that it has multiple (N) departure
channels.
Also, it still assumes Poisson arrivals and exponential service times.
The mean service rate is determined by N(µ), where N is the number of services.
Equations:
Examples:
An entrance to a tollway has four tollbooths. Vehicles arrive at an average of 1800 veh/hr
and take 6.67 seconds to pay their tolls. Both arrivals and departures can be assumed to
be exponentially distributed. Compute the average queue length, the time in the system,
and the probability of waiting in the queue.
Given:
Solution:
First, we have to solve for the traffic intensity (ρ),
Probability of having no units in the system:
2. In the previous example, if the tollway administration now feels that the delays to
vehicles are excessive and that a fifth booth should be opened, compute:
a. P0
b. L
c. W
d. Pn>N
Given:
Solution:
First, we have to solve for the traffic intensity (ρ),