Department of Mathematics

MAL 250 (Probability and Stochastic Processes)

Tutorial Sheet No. 8
Answer for Selected Problems
1. W - waiting time; = , P (W = 0) = 1 ,

P (W > t) = e(1)t , t 0; E(W ) =

.
2. M/M/1 model with = 8 hour1 ,
(a) 1 0
1
(b)
hours.

= 10 hour1

3. Given 1 = 10 ms, 0 + 1 = 0.8

(a) M/M/1 model

(b) E(W ) =
.
4. M/M/2 model with arrival rate 2 and each service rate .
1
6. M/M/1
model with = 5 hour ,
(a) n=1 nn

(b) n=2 (n 1)n

(c) 0
(d) 1 (0 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 ).

= 6 hour1

1
7. M/M/3 model
with = 6 hour ,
(a) Lq = n=4 (n 3)n
L
(b) q + 1 .

= 3 hour1 .

8. M/M/3 model with = 20 hour1 = 20 hour1 .

(a) Steady state probability that the no waiting time toland = 0 +1 +2

(b) Expected no. of airplanes waiting to land Lq =

n=4 (n 3)n
Lq
(c) E(W ) = .
9. M/M/n/n model
1
(a) n = ( )n n!
0 =

n 1
(
) n!

2 1
n 1
1+ +( ) 2! +...+(
) n!

(b) Minimum n such that n 0.02, n = 26.

10. M/M/2/3 model with = 3 hour1 ,
(a)1 3

= 2 hour1 .

11. M/M/3/7 model with = 1 min1 ,

(a) L = Lq + (1 7 )

L
L
= (1
(b) ef
7)
f
(c) 607 .

1
6

min1 .

0
0

( + ) 0
0

0
2
( + ) 0

12. =

0
0
0
( + (N 1))
0
0
0
N
k /k!
, k = 0, 1, 2, , N where = /.
k =
N

i
1+
i!
i=1

0
0
0