7 An average of 50 customers per hour arrive at a small post office. Interarrival times are...
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7 An average of 50 customers per hour arrive at a small post office. Interarrival times are exponentially distributed.
Each window can serve an average of 25 customers per hour. Service times are exponentially distributed. It costs
$25 per hour to open a window, and the post office values the time a customer spends waiting in line at $15 per customer-hour. To minimize expected hourly costs, how many postal windows should be opened?
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Operations Research Applications And Algorithms
ISBN: 9780534380588
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Authors: Wayne L. Winston
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