If the Nature of the Customer Population, Constraints on the Line

question 95

Multiple Choice

If the nature of the customer population, constraints on the line, the priority rule, and the service time distribution renders waiting line theory no longer useful, then an operations manager should rely on:

• A) decision tree analysis.
• B) linear programming.
• C) simulation.
• D) Little's Law.

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