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120 CHAPTER 9. TOPICS IN SIMULATION OF STOCHASTIC PROCESSES<br />

The utilization of the technicians is<br />

ρ (j) = λ(j)<br />

≈ 0.93 <strong>for</strong> j =1, 2<br />

µ<br />

(j)<br />

Treating each station as an M/M/1 queue the expected flow time is<br />

(<br />

w q (1) + 1 + w(3)<br />

µ<br />

(1) q + 1 )<br />

(1.25)<br />

µ (3)<br />

≈ (85 + 6 + 47 + 3)(1.25) ≈ 141 minutes<br />

since w (1)<br />

q = w (2)<br />

q <strong>and</strong> the expected number of cycles through the system is 1/0.8 =1.25<br />

cycles.<br />

• Proposed System<br />

The repair technicians now become a single station with λ = λ (1) + λ (2) =0.313 <strong>and</strong><br />

µ =0.167. The utilization is ρ = λ ≈ 0.93, so it is unchanged.<br />

2µ<br />

Treating the repair station as an M/M/2 queue, the expected flow time is<br />

(<br />

w q + 1 µ + w(3) q + 1 )<br />

(1.25)<br />

µ (3)<br />

≈ (43 + 6 + 47 + 3)(1.25)<br />

≈<br />

124 minutes<br />

which is a dramatic reduction.<br />

• Refinement<br />

We can refine the approximation by using the ideas in Section 8.10. Notice that<br />

ε (j)<br />

s<br />

j<br />

1 0.0625<br />

2 0.0625<br />

3 0.0370<br />

Since the arrival process is Poisson, ε a (j) = 1 throughout. There<strong>for</strong>e, the preceding<br />

values of w q<br />

(j) can be modified by the factor (1 + ε s (j) )/2.

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