Articles tagged with Queues

Buffet lines are terrible, but let's try to improve them using computer simulations

2019-10-16

My company has a buffet every Friday, and the lines grow to epic proportions when the food arrives. I’ve suspected for years that the “classic” buffet line system is a deeply flawed and inefficient method, and every time I’m stuck in the line has made me more convinced.

Waiting time, load factor, and queueing theory: why you need to cut your systems a bit of slack

2018-03-27

I’ve been reading up on operations research lately, including queueing theory. It started out as a way to understand the very complex mortgage process (I work at a mortgage startup) but it’s turned into my little hammer and now I see nails everywhere.