Methods and systems for determining capacity allocation and job size thresholds for print jobs having heavy-tailed distributions

A system for identifying a cell configuration for a print shop, the system comprising:

• a computing device;
• and
• a computer-readable storage medium in communication with the computing device, wherein the computer-readable storage medium comprises one or more programming instructions for:
• determining a print job size distribution for a plurality of print jobs, wherein the print job size distribution comprises a heavy-tailed distribution, wherein each print job has an associated print job size,
• identifying one or more print device requirements associated with a cell in a print shop,
• identifying a plurality of available print devices associated with the print shop;
• determining a plurality of different configurations of the available print devices that satisfy the one or more print device requirements,
• for each configuration:
• determining a print job size threshold value, and
• determining a processing time associated with processing the plurality of print jobs by a cell having the configuration and the determined print job size threshold value, and
• selecting the cell having the configuration associated with the smallest processing time.