1.3. Oil tankers arrive at an offloading facility according to a Poisson process whose rate is A...

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1.3. Oil tankers arrive at an offloading facility according to a Poisson process whose rate is A = 2 ships per day. Daily records show that there is an average of 3 ships unloading or waiting to unload at any instant in time. On average, what is the duration of time that a ship spends in port?

Assume that a ship departs immediately after unloading.

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An Introduction To Stochastic Modeling

ISBN: 9780126848878

3rd Edition

Authors: Samuel Karlin, Howard M. Taylor

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