1. Discuss the likely outcome of a waiting line system where μ .λ but only by a tiny amount (e.g., μ = 4.1, λ = 4).
2. Provide examples of four situations in which there is a limited, or finite, waiting line.
3. What are the components of the following queuing systems? Draw and explain the configuration of each.
a) Barbershop
b) Car wash
c) Laundromat
d) Small grocery store
1. Do doctors' offices generally have random arrival rates for patients? Are service times random? Under what circumstances might service times be constant?
2. What happens if two single-server systems have the same mean arrival and service rates, but the service time is constant in one and exponential in the other?
3. What dollar value do you place on yourself per hour that you spend waiting in lines? What value do your classmates place on themselves? Why do the values differ?
4. Why is Little's Law a useful queuing concept?