4 The Ministry of Health Services British Columbia announced

4. The Ministry of Health Services, British Columbia, announced the following data Average Patients WaitingAverage Wait Time Average surgeries performed 414 64 days 3.5 per day Based on your understanding of Littles Law, are the above three reported numbers

Solution

The above three reported numbers are not consistent because the data announced is an average data that may change and vary with time. The data that has been announced is collected within a given time and after the calculation is made, the data is announced based on the findings. If we apply the theorem and formula of the Little\'s Law, we will observe that the data achieved will be a probability and not the actual data because determining the actual data in the queue theory is not feasible as the calculation is done based on various assumptions. The queue theory that has been provided here is for surgeries done in a hospital and the parameters that has been used are the number of patients waiting, wait time of patients and the surgeries performed. The data that has been determined through Little\'s Law is generally an Average data calculated based on a time period and this data cannot be expected to be consistent because it is obvious that with time this data may change.