Journal of Northeastern University ›› 2007, Vol. 28 ›› Issue (8): 1202-1204+1216.DOI: -

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Solution to membership function of multiple-server fuzzy queues

Wang, Shu (1); Ma, Qin-Hai (1); Guan, Zhi-Min (1)   

  1. (1) School of Business Administration, Northeastern University, Shenyang 110004, China
  • Received:2013-06-24 Revised:2013-06-24 Online:2007-08-15 Published:2013-06-24
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Abstract: The definition of a-cut and Zadeh's extension principle are applied to transforming multiple-server fuzzy queues, of which the arrival rate and service rate are both fuzzy numbers, into conventional multiple-server queues. Then, the system eigenvalues are described separately by programming a set of parameters to solve upper and lower bounds of the relevant membership function. For instance, there is a 2-server fuzzy queues system of outpatients in a hospital, in which the average arrival rate and service rate are both regarded as trapezoidal fuzzy numbers. With a numerical computation of different α levels, the membership function of the average staying time for all the outpatients can thus be solved. This method can provide more abundant information for managerial decision-making in hospitals.

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