“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 ...

Load balancing and queueing theory constitute fundamental pillars in the analysis and optimisation of complex service systems. These disciplines merge mathematical modelling and algorithmic strategies ...

Are checkout lines slowing you down this holiday season? With some simple queueing theory stores could could make lines more efficient, saving themselves money, and ...

Performance analysis of queueing networks is one of the most challenging areas of queueing theory. Barring very specialized models such as product-form type queueing networks, there exist very few ...

This course is compulsory on the MSc in Operations Research & Analytics. This course is not available as an outside option to students on other programmes. The course covers theory including the ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract This paper introduces a new aspect of queueing theory, the study of systems that service customers with specific timing requirements (e.g., ...