Sample Questions

1. Consider the following Job-Shop Manufacturing System comprising of three Processes

P1, P2 and P3 arranged in a Series:
P1

P2

P3

a. List all the exogenous, status, endogenous variables, and also parameters,
operating characteristics and identities with proper notations and definitions.
b. Assuming the first job arrives at time 0, simulate the system for 15 arrivals using
the random numbers provided in the table below.
c. Estimate the expected time spent in the system by a job and its standard deviation.

Sl. No.
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15

InterArrival
Time of
Jobs
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
Total

Inter-Arrival
Time
-11
34
56
78
90
22
34
56
23
99
9
34
77
89

Frequency
Distribution

0.09
0.14
0.19
0.25
0.14
0.10
0.09
1.00

Random Numbers for

Service Time Service Time
at P1
at P2
13
23
23
89
45
7
67
45
88
3
9
34
3
67
24
82
34
44
45
56
67
89
89
76
32
22
11
35
87
67

Service Time
at P3
24
77
45
78
66
45
89
34
23
78
6
45
3
22
89

Frequency Distributions of Service Times Ti (i = 1, 2, 3) for

Process i
T1
2
3
4
5
6

Frequency
0.17
0.19
0.24
0.15
0.27

1.00

T2
4
5
6
7
-

Frequency
0.20
0.35
0.35
0.10
1.00

T1
6
7
8
9
-

Frequency
0.20
0.25
0.30
0.25
1.00

2. Discuss the strategies & difficulties you faced in playing Corporate Game (given as
assignment).