Sports spectator gate assignment calculator

Calculate service schedule and maximum wait with your own figures.

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Examples

Examples

Try the starting example

JSON Arrivals [ID,arrival minute,service minutes]
[["A",0,4],["B",1,4],["C",2,4]]
Identical parallel servers or lanes (count)
2
Service schedule
[["A",1,0,4,0],["B",2,1,5,0],["C",1,4,8,2]]
Maximum wait (minutes)
2
Final clearance minute
8

Try another scenario

JSON Arrivals [ID,arrival minute,service minutes]
[["A",0,4],["B",1,4],["C",2,4]]
Identical parallel servers or lanes (count)
1
Service schedule
[["A",1,0,4,0],["B",1,4,8,3],["C",1,8,12,6]]
Maximum wait (minutes)
6
Final clearance minute
12
Calculation method

Calculation method

Service schedule

Sort by arrival then ID; allocate each to earliest available server; return ID,server,start,end,wait.

Maximum wait (minutes)

Maximum service-start minus arrival.

Final clearance minute

Maximum service completion.

Symbols and units
a
JSON Arrivals [ID,arrival minute,service minutes]
b
Identical parallel servers or lanes (count)

Use the units shown. A list keeps the order in which you enter its values. The symbol ^ means “raised to the power of”.

Assumptions & limits

Assumptions & limits

  • Gate scan-queue simulation for one preselected category-compatible gate pool. Assign gate/category eligibility before entry; identical pooled lanes use FCFS. No spectator safety or policing rule inferred. Supported limits: At most 500 arrivals and 100 identical servers. FCFS simulation without abandonment or random arrivals. Multiple stages require separate runs with previous-stage departures as next-stage arrivals.
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