Cargo ships arrive at a dock for unloading at a rate of 4 per day. Unloading time

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Cargo ships arrive at a dock for unloading at a rate of 4 per day. Unloading time averages 2 days per ship. The cost of a cargo ship being at the dock for unloading is

$10,000 a day. The cost to rent space for unloading a ship is $2,500 a day. Assuming a Poisson process, determine the optimum number of unloading spaces to provide for cargo ships.

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Facilities Planning

ISBN: 9780470444047

4th Edition

Authors: James A. Tompkins, John A. White, Yavuz A. Bozer, J. M. A. Tanchoco

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