Concept explainers
a)
Interpretation: the probability of no customers in two mins.
Concept introduction:Poisson arrivals are a reasonably good assumption for unscheduled systems. Further if there is a mix of many different types of jobs the exponential distribution can be realistic for service times. Otherwise it tends to be too variable of a distribution.
b)
Interpretation: probability of exactly two customers in a minute.
Concept introduction:Poisson arrivals are a reasonably good assumption for unscheduled systems. Further if there is a mix of many different types of jobs the exponential distribution can be realistic for service times. Otherwise it tends to be too variable of a distribution
c)
Interpretation:probability of exactly five customers in threeminutes
Concept introduction:Poisson arrivals are a reasonably good assumption for unscheduled systems. Further if there is a mix of many different types of jobs the exponential distribution can be realistic for service times. Otherwise it tends to be too variable of a distribution
d)
Interpretation:probability of no more than two customers in fiveminutes
Concept introduction:Poisson arrivals are a reasonably good assumption for unscheduled systems. Further if there is a mix of many different types of jobs the exponential distribution can be realistic for service times. Otherwise it tends to be too variable of a distribution
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