Question

"Consider an Erlang loss system. The average processing time is 3 minutes. The average inter-arrival time is 5 minutes. The number of servers is 4. What is the rate of customers served (i.e. the flow rate) in customers per hour"

Answer 1

12

Step-by-step explanation:

In an Erlang loss system, the average processing time is 3 minutes

The average inter-arrival time is 5 minutes

The number of server is 4

Therefore the rate of customers served per hour can be calculated as follows

= 3 + 5 + 4

= 12