Retrial queueing systems represent a class of models in which arriving customers, upon encountering a busy or unavailable server, enter a virtual waiting room—commonly referred to as an orbit—to ...

Ever since Google announced that access to its then-new email application Gmail would be invite-only at first, startup founders have been angling to reproduce that same kind of fervor for their own ...

YouTube has already started rolling out an early test for its "add to queue" system on Android and iOs. The latest report suggests that it will only be exclusive to Premium users. For those unfamiliar ...

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

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Blizzard said that the new Role Queue system for Overwatch will help make sure that matches remain “fair and fun,” but the jury is still out on whether the change is good for the long-term health of ...

We analyse in this paper the fluid weighted fair queueing system with two classes of customers, who arrive according to Poisson processes and require arbitrarily distributed service times. In a first ...