On average, 50 customers arrive per hour at a small post office. Interarrival times are exponentially distributed.
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On average, 50 customers arrive per hour 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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Practical Management Science
ISBN: 9781111531317
4th Edition
Authors: Wayne L. Winston, S. Christian Albright
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