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I'm sure you too may have been in a line at some point in your life that didn't run completely efficiently. Despite being said to love waiting in queues, Brits like me have all sorts of stories about how awful the queues are.
Fortunately, mathematics can provide insight into queues and answer questions such as how many staff members are needed to run them efficiently. You can collect data about the actual queue and use the average arrival rate to calculate the probability that someone will join. This is just…
Source: www.newscientist.com
