The Single-Server Queue Table: Start, Wait & Finish
This lesson is part of the course
In this lesson
You build the core of every queue simulation: for each customer the service start, the finish, the waiting time and the time in the system, with one barista.
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Lessons in this course
- Random Arrivals: Inter-Arrival Times from the Exponential Distribution Locked
- The Arrival Clock: Running Sums & Clock Times Locked
- Service Times: Exponential & Normal Draws from Given Random Numbers Locked
- The Single-Server Queue Table: Start, Wait & Finish Locked
- Queue Performance: Average Wait, Utilisation & Queue Length Locked
- Two Servers: Sending Each Customer to the Next Free Barista Locked
- Simulation vs. Theory: M/M/1 Formulas & Confidence Intervals Locked
- Staffing What-If: Barista Cost vs. Waiting Cost Locked