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The above figure depicts the proposed design of the queueing system
for the Littletown bank, where each M represents a merchant, each C represents
another customer, and each S represents a server (teller). Note that merchants
and other customers are in separate waiting lines. |
We now will use this figure to demonstrate
a simulation run in action. You will see merchants and other customers
arrive, wait in the proper line as needed, enter into service, and leave
when service is completed. |
This demonstration will speed up real time only by a factor of 20,
whereas a typical simulation normally runs many times faster (without the
graphical display). Therefore, in the minute it runs, the demonstration
only shows the very beginnning of a complete simulation run that typically
would be executed in a similar amount of time. |
You needn't wait for the demonstration to finish before moving on. |