Hacker News with Generative AI: Queueing Theory

The most important thing to understand about queues (2016) (danslimmon.com)
You only need to learn a little bit of queueing theory before you start getting that ecstatic “everything is connected!” high that good math always evokes. So many damn things follow the same set of abstract rules. Queueing theory lets you reason effectively about an enormous class of diverse systems, all with a tiny number of theorems.
Mathematics, Queueing Theory, Systems Design
7 points by Tomte 7 days ago | 0 comments
Dice and Queues (justincartwright.com)
One of the key insights from queuing theory is that the average queue size for an unbounded system tends to increase significantly as utilization approaches 100%.
Queueing Theory, Performance, Systems
65 points by jcartw 44 days ago | 17 comments
Anti-Schelling points and waiting for my barista-made coffee (interconnected.org)
The phase space of coffee is large enough that many people can wait for their orders without collision, and that means the barista doesn’t need to take names, and you don’t need to memorise your place in line.
Coffee, Queueing Theory, Social Dynamics
26 points by Tomte 78 days ago | 28 comments
Little's Law (wikipedia.org)
In mathematical queueing theory, Little's law (also result, theorem, lemma, or formula[1][2]) is a theorem by John Little which states that the long-term average number L of customers in a stationary system is equal to the long-term average effective arrival rate λ multiplied by the average time W that a customer spends in the system.
Queueing Theory, Mathematics, Statistics
3 points by john_horton 233 days ago | 0 comments