Advances in Applied Probability, Vol. 36, No. 1 (Mar., 2004), pp. 293-317 (25 pages) We consider a processing system, composed of several parallel queues and a processor, which operates in a ...

Queueing theory provides a robust mathematical framework for analysing waiting lines, a critical aspect across sectors ranging from telecommunications and healthcare to manufacturing and ...

You've probably already noticed the difference between the way people line up at McDonald's and the way they line up at Starbucks. At McDonald's, a single employee handles your entire order. Even if ...

Queueing theory is a mathematical study of waiting lines or queues used to model a wide array of practical systems such as call centres, manufacturing lines, computer networks and healthcare ...

Queueing theory rules everything around you. This newest version of our highly accessible, 30-page introduction to queueing theory demystifies the subject without requiring pages full of equations.

“Even if he is alone, the Briton will form an orderly queue of one,” Hungarian-born author George Mikes once remarked. However, our tolerance for standing nose-to-tail with strangers for ...

We’ve all been in queues that seem to last forever, especially if we choose our queue at the checkout and the one next to ours is moving faster. You know the existential dread that comes along with ...

Now, a start-up here is hoping to cash in on the national past-time by providing a professional queueing service, which has taken off in cities abroad. Founded in May, iQueue offers queueing packages ...