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QUEUING THEORY

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Charles François (2004). QUEUING THEORY, International Encyclopedia of Systems and Cybernetics, 2(2): 2707.
Collection International Encyclopedia of Systems and Cybernetics
Year 2004
Vol. (num.) 2(2)
ID 2707
Object type Discipline oriented

An Operations Research theory (and methodology) used for the study of the effects of congestion in waiting lines.

This can be done by using specific mathematics and computer simulation.

Congestion however is also a cybernetic phenomenon, which relates to channels capacity, flows velocity, turbulence in flows and networks dynamics.

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