You have seen that, in an M/D/1 problem, the average queue length is exactly one-half the average queue length of an otherwise identical M/M/1 problem. Are all other performance statistics one-half as large also? Explain
What will be an ideal response?
Only the average queue length and average waiting time are halved. Utilization is exactly the same. Ls and Ws are smaller in M/D/1 than in M/M/1, but not by exactly one-half.
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