Customers Take a Number as They Join the Waiting Line

question 92

Essay

Customers take a number as they join the waiting line of the customer service counter at a discount store. There are two customer service agents. Provide the most likely characteristics of this system.
a. name of model
b. number of channels
c. number of phases
d. arrival rate distribution
e. service time distribution
f. population size
g. queue discipline

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Definitions:

Metaphase

A stage of cell division where chromosomes align in the middle of the cell before being separated into two new cells.

Telophase

The final stage of mitosis or meiosis in cell division, where the chromosomes de-condense and two new nuclear membranes begin to form around the separated chromosomal sets.

Cytokinesis

The process in cell division where the cytoplasm of a single eukaryotic cell is divided into two daughter cells.

Vesicles

Small, membrane-bound sacs within cells that transport or store substances.