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

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 ...

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 ...

“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 ...

A Wetherspoons pub that made customers queue in line for a pint has scrapped the rule after complaints. The chain trialled a single-file queueing system at its Surrey Docks pub in Rotherhithe, ...

There are reports of queueing traffic in Burgess Hill following an earlier crash on Friday, February 20.