A Multiple Channel Queuing System with a Poisson Arrival Rate

question 54

Multiple Choice

A multiple channel queuing system with a Poisson arrival rate and exponential service time has an average arrival rate of 4 customers per hour and an average service time of 18 minutes per customer.The minimum number of servers required to avoid an overloaded system is:

• A)1
• B)2
• C)3
• D)4
• E)5

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Definitions:

Polygenic

A trait or characteristic that is influenced by multiple genes, often resulting in a continuous range of possibilities.

Dizygotic Twins

Twins that develop from two different eggs fertilized by two different sperm cells, making them genetically unique from one another, similar to typical siblings.

Heterozygous

A genetic condition where an individual has two different alleles of a gene.

Dominant–Recessive Pattern

The interaction of a heterozygous pair of alleles in such a way that the phenotype reflects one allele (the dominant gene) more than the other (the recessive gene).