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

“We can use some fancy math to predict how long the line will get,” Keely Croxton of Ohio State says, then apply it to related problems. In response to a listener request, “Marketplace” host Kai ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract We prove strong approximations for partial sums indexed by a renewal process. The obtained results are optimal. The established probability ...

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.

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 ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract This paper considers a fixed-cycle and a semi vehicular-actuated traffic light queue with strictly stationary arrivals and independent and ...