Markovian queueing systems represent a cornerstone in the study of stochastic processes, offering a robust framework for modelling the random nature of service and arrival processes across diverse ...

The Annals of Applied Probability, Vol. 5, No. 3 (Aug., 1995), pp. 637-665 (29 pages) This paper studies the fluid approximation (also known as the functional strong law of large numbers) and the ...

Queueing theory provides the mathematical framework to analyse and optimise systems where congestion and waiting times are inherent, while optimal pricing strategies focus on designing cost structures ...

Fluid models have become a standard tool for demonstrating stability for queueing networks. It is presently not known, however, when the stability of a fluid model follows from that of the ...

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 ...

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, ...

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.

“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 ...

SINGAPORE – Fans of American singer Taylor Swift who had been queueing at SingPost outlets inside malls were told on Thursday they had to leave when the premises close. At Woodlands Civic Centre, a ...