When the Number of Arrivals Per Unit Time Follows a Poisson

question 18

Multiple Choice

When the number of arrivals per unit time follows a Poisson distribution, the most important implication is that ________.

• A) the arrivals are dependent and non-random
• B) the time between arrivals is exponentially distributed
• C) eventually the queue length will stabilize
• D) the rate of completion of service is also Poisson distributed

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