After collecting some data, the following estimates
of the probability distributions were made. |
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Probability Distributions for Merchants |
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Interarrival Times |
Exponential distribution, with a mean of 6 minutes. |
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Service Times |
Uniform distribution, with a range from 1 to 3 minutes. |
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Probability Distributions for Other Customers |
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Interarrival Times |
Translated exponential distribution, with a minimum of 0.5
minutes and a mean of 1.5 minutes. |
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Service Times |
Erlang distribution, with a mean of 1.5 minutes and a shape parameter
of . |