A software support company has the following minimum personnel requirements “on duty” during the week. Each employee is required to have two consecutive days off. What are the minimum total regular employees required to satisfy the requirements? (Assume, because of accounting reasons, no employee can take Sunday and Monday off).

A software support company has the following minimum personnel requirements “on duty” during the week. Each employee is required to have two consecutive days off. What are the minimum total regular employees required to satisfy the requirements? (Assume, because of accounting reasons, no employee can take Sunday and Monday off).

Practical Management Science

6th Edition

ISBN:9781337406659

Author:WINSTON, Wayne L.

Publisher:WINSTON, Wayne L.

Chapter12: Queueing Models

Section: Chapter Questions

Problem 59P

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