Exhibit 13.1 The Following Questions Are Based on the Output Below

question 24

Multiple Choice

Exhibit 13.1
The following questions are based on the output below.
A store currently operates its service system with 1 operator. Arrivals follow a Poisson distribution and service times are exponentially distributed. The following spreadsheet has been developed for the system.
-In the Kendall notation M/G/4, G stands for

• A) memoryless arrival distribution
• B) general departure distribution
• C) memoryless arrival and departure distributions
• D) none of the above

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Definitions:

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