An Example of M/M/1 Queue An airport runway for arrivals only Arriving aircraft join a single queue for the runway Exponentially distributed service time with a rate µ = 27 arrivals / hour (As you computed in PS1.) Poisson arrivals with a rate λ = 20 arrivals / hour W = 1 = 1 = 1 hour ≈ 8.6 min µ − λ 27 − 20 7 L = λW = λ = 20 ≈ 2.9 aircrafts µ − λ 27 − 20 Wq = W − 1 = 1 − 1 = 1 − 1 ≈ 6.4 min µ µ − λ µ 27 − 20 27 2 2 20 λ Lq = λWq = = ≈ 2.1 aircrafts µ (µ − λ ) 27(27 − 20) 1.225, 11/20/02 Lecture 8, Page 1 An Example of M/M/1 Queue (cont.) Now suppose we are in holidays and the arrival rate increases λ = 25 arrivals / hour How will the quantities of the queueing system change? W = 1 = 1 = 1 hour = 30 min µ − λ 27 − 25 2 λ 25 = = 12.5 aircrafts L = λW = µ − λ 27 − 25 Wq = W − 1 µ = 1 1 1 1 − = − = 27.8 min µ − λ µ 27 − 25 27 2 252 λ Lq = λWq = = ≈ 11.6 aircrafts µ (µ − λ ) 27(27 − 25) 1.225, 11/20/02 Lecture 8, Page 2 An Example of M/M/1 Queue (cont.) Now suppose we have a bad weather and the service rate decreases µ = 22 arrivals / hour How will the quantities of the queueing system change? W = 1 = 1 = 1 hour = 30 min µ − λ 22 − 20 2 λ 20 = = 10 aircrafts L = λW = µ − λ 22 − 20 Wq = W − 1 µ = 1 1 1 1 − = − ≈ 27.3 min µ − λ µ 22 − 20 22 2 20 2 λ Lq = λWq = = ≈ 9.1 aircrafts µ (µ − λ ) 22(22 − 20) 1.225, 11/20/02 Lecture 8, Page 3