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SOLUTIONS MANUAL for Stochastic Modeling: Analysis and ...

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115<br />

i s i ρ i<br />

1 19 0.88<br />

2 4 0.75<br />

3 3 0.27<br />

4 16 0.77<br />

5 5 0.50<br />

The casting units are the most heavily utilized.<br />

<strong>Modeling</strong> each group as an M/M/s queue we obtain<br />

l (i)<br />

q<br />

w (i)<br />

q<br />

(minutes)<br />

i<br />

1 3.7 41.1<br />

2 1.3 14.7<br />

3 0.02 0.5<br />

4 0.8 15.8<br />

5 0.1 2.4<br />

Clearly the longest delay occurs at the casting units. This appears to be the place to<br />

add capacity.<br />

The expected flow times <strong>for</strong> each job type are approximated as<br />

type 1: 41.1 + 125 + 14.7 + 35 + 0.5 + 20 = 263.3 minutes<br />

type 2: 41.1 + 235 + 15.8 + 250 + 2.4 + 50 = 639 minutes<br />

The expected WIP is<br />

5∑<br />

l (i) =<br />

i=1<br />

=<br />

≈<br />

5∑<br />

λ (i) w (i)<br />

i=1<br />

5∑<br />

i=1<br />

λ (i) (w (i)<br />

q +1/µ (i) )<br />

39 jobs<br />

Comments: The approximation might be improved by adjusting <strong>for</strong> variability. The<br />

sample squared coefficient of variation of the interarrival times is<br />

We might also expect ε s<br />

(i)<br />

WIP.<br />

̂ε a = (23.1)<br />

(11.0) 2 ≈ 0.19 < 1<br />

< 1. These adjustments would reduce l q ,w q ,flowtimes<strong>and</strong>

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