Fleet wash bay throughput calculator

Calculate queue schedule [vehicle,bay,start,end,wait] and mean vehicle wait with your own figures.

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Examples

Examples

Try the starting example

Wash arrivals JSON [vehicle ID,arrival elapsed minute,measured service minutes]
[["A",0,20],["B",5,15],["C",10,20]]
Identical wash bays (bays)
1
Queue schedule [vehicle,bay,start,end,wait] (minutes)
[["A",1,0,20,0],["B",1,20,35,15],["C",1,35,55,25]]
Mean vehicle wait (min)
13.333333
Maximum vehicle wait (min)
25
Last completion minute
55

Try another scenario

Wash arrivals JSON [vehicle ID,arrival elapsed minute,measured service minutes]
[["A",0,20],["B",5,15],["C",10,20]]
Identical wash bays (bays)
2
Queue schedule [vehicle,bay,start,end,wait] (minutes)
[["A",1,0,20,0],["B",2,5,20,0],["C",1,20,40,10]]
Mean vehicle wait (min)
3.333333
Maximum vehicle wait (min)
10
Last completion minute
40
Calculation method

Calculation method

Queue schedule [vehicle,bay,start,end,wait] (minutes)

FCFS by arrival then ID; choose bay with earliest free time, tie bay index. Start=max(arrival,bayFree).

Mean vehicle wait (min)

Mean(start-arrival).

Maximum vehicle wait (min)

Max(start-arrival).

Last completion minute

Latest service end.

Symbols and units
a
Wash arrivals JSON [vehicle ID,arrival elapsed minute,measured service minutes]
b
Identical wash bays (bays)

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Assumptions & limits

Assumptions & limits

  • Deterministic nonpreemptive queue with identical bays and no breakdown/setup times. No steady-state queue distribution or throughput guarantee; input arrival trace defines workload. Supported limits: 1..1000 unique jobs; arrivals>=0; durations>0; bay count 1..100.
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