Queueing Theory Articles

By OpEx Learning Team, Last Updated April 7, 2007

Queueing Theory and Terrorism

I found this nice case study of Queueing Theory applied to the problems of terrorism. In general, the problems of terrorism can be summed-up as a

By OpEx Learning Team, Last Updated April 2, 2007

Multitasking Leads to Lower Productivity according to Little's Law. It is a myth: It leads to lower productivity not higher. This article and others

By OpEx Learning Team, Last Updated March 29, 2007

In a previous article, I discussed the Psychology of Queueing and my experience at Disneyland while on vacation with my family. In this post, I want

By OpEx Learning Team, Last Updated March 26, 2007

I went on vacation last week to Disneyland. We had a lot of fun. It was also a time to learn how organizations like Disneyland deal with queueing

By OpEx Learning Team, Last Updated March 1, 2007

YouTube Upload Processing has many intriguing queueing properties. This article will primarily look at the mpeg-to-swf conversion and study out the

By OpEx Learning Team, Last Updated November 27, 2006

A queueing system is a model with the following structure: customers arrive and join a queue to wait for service given by n servers. After receiving

By OpEx Learning Team, Last Updated November 13, 2006

How to Recognize a Bottleneck or Constraint in Your System is no easy task. You can also view all 40+ articles on Queueing Theory. All dynamic

By OpEx Learning Team, Last Updated November 10, 2006

Waiting Line Management at Build a Bear Workshop is interesting. In addition to this article You can also view all 40+ articles on Queueing

By OpEx Learning Team, Last Updated October 31, 2006

In general, Travel Time Sucks. Travel Time is Non Value Add. Lucky for us, Queueing Theory helps us put Travel Time in some perspective. You can also