Datasets:
| """Ticket-counter simulation used for weekend capacity planning.""" | |
| def arrivals(minute): | |
| """Customers arriving in a given minute: a rush at the top and bottom of each hour.""" | |
| if minute % 30 < 5: | |
| return 3 | |
| return 1 if minute % 3 == 0 else 0 | |
| def simulate(minutes, counters=2, service_time=4): | |
| """Return how many customers are still queueing (not being served) after `minutes`.""" | |
| queue = 0 | |
| busy = [0] * counters # minutes left on the customer at each counter | |
| for t in range(minutes): | |
| queue += arrivals(t) | |
| for i in range(counters): | |
| if busy[i] > 0: | |
| busy[i] -= 1 | |
| if busy[i] == 0 and queue > 0: | |
| queue -= 1 | |
| busy[i] = service_time | |
| return queue | |
| if __name__ == "__main__": | |
| print("customers waiting after 60 minutes:", simulate(60)) | |