A crew of mechanics at the Department of Transportation garage make minor repairs to snowplows during the winter. The snowplows break down at an average rate of 4 vehicles per day and breakdowns are distributed according to the Poisson distribution. The mechanic can service an average of 10 vehicles per day with a repair time distribution that approximates a negative exponential distribution. Assume an 8 hour day. What is the system utilization? Group of answer choices 0.60 0.17 0.40 0.67

A crew of mechanics at the Department of Transportation garage make minor repairs to snowplows during the winter. The snowplows break down at an average rate of 4 vehicles per day and breakdowns are distributed according to the Poisson distribution. The mechanic can service an average of 10 vehicles per day with a repair time distribution that approximates a negative exponential distribution. Assume an 8 hour day. What is the system utilization? Group of answer choices 0.60 0.17 0.40 0.67

Practical Management Science

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ISBN:9781337406659

Author:WINSTON, Wayne L.

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Chapter12: Queueing Models

Section12.5: Analytic Steady-state Queueing Models

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