Chapter 16: Waiting Line Models for Service Improvement
Essay Questions


1.  

Many banks are changing how individuals interact with them, including ATMs, telephone, and the Internet. Go to National City's "Bank Anytime" Web page, http://www.nationalcity.com/bankanytime/index.htmland demo their online banking. Compare the features of the waiting line system of two of these new forms of banking with the traditional in-bank waiting line system with human tellers.



2.  

The basic single-server model is also referred to as an M/M/1 model. Select an appropriate problem from the text and go tohttp://hilltop.bradley.edu/~rf/wait.htm to solve this problem.


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