TITLE:
Stochastic Model of Waiting Time: A Case of Two Selected Banks in the Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolis
AUTHORS:
Samuel Mawuli Azumah, John Awuah Addor, Frank B. K. Twenefour, Emmanuel M. Baah
KEYWORDS:
Average Waiting Time, Multiple Server Model, Queuing Modeling
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Statistics,
Vol.11 No.5,
October
29,
2021
ABSTRACT: Queue is an act of
joining a line to be served and it is part of our everyday human involvement.
The objectives of the study focused on using a mathematical model to determine
the waiting time of two selected banks as well as compare the average waiting
time between the banks. The study uncovered the extent of usage of queuing
models in achieving customer satisfaction as well as permitting to make better
decisions relating to potential waiting times for customers. The study adopted
a case study and observational research with the source of data being primary.
Purposive sampling technique was used to select the two banks under study with
the target population comprising of all the customers who intended to transact
businesses with the banks within the period of 11 am to 12 pm. The sample sizes
for the first, second and third day of the first bank are twenty-eight (28),
seventeen (17) and twenty (20) respectively with three servers on each day
whereas that for the first, second and third day of the second bank is twenty
(20), nine (9) and seventeen (17) with two servers on each day. A multiple
server (M/M/s) Model was adopted, and Tora Software was the statistical tool
used for the analysis. Findings of the study revealed that the second bank had
a higher utilization factor than the first bank. Also, the number of customers
in the banking hall of the second bank was higher than that of the first bank
during the entire period of observation. Finally, it takes customers of the
first bank lesser minutes to complete their transaction than the second bank.
In conclusion, the three days observations revealed different banking
situations faced by customers in both banks which had effect on waiting time of
customer service. The waiting time of customer service has effect on the number
of customers in the queue and system, the probability associated with the
emptiness of the system and the utilization factor. Based on the results, the
study recommended, inter alia, that the management of the second bank
should adopt a three-server (M/M/3) model.