The Dark Forest theory is one proposed solution to the famed Fermi Paradox, which has bewitched astronomers for more than half a century. To put it concisely, the paradox asks if the cosmos is nearly ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. As a nation, the UK holds queues in high regard. To those watching from abroad, the 10-mile line to view Queen ...

Queueing theory—a mathematical framework that’s typically used to study, understand, and manage wait times and lines—is usually applied to improve efficiency in settings such as grocery stores, ...

Abstract: Customer waiting time prediction is key to managing service systems. Predicting how long a customer will wait for service at the time of their arrival can provide important information to ...

Community driven content discussing all aspects of software development from DevOps to design patterns. Git isn’t hard to learn. Moreover, with a Git GUI such as Atlassian’s Sourcetree, and a SaaS ...

Is this real life? Is this just fantasy? A growing number of scientists are suggesting that the idea that we are all living in a simulation may not be completely far-fetched. Simulation theory is the ...

This paper presents some extensions and applications of hypercube queueing models todescribe server-to-customer type Emergency Service Systems. The classical hypercube is a well-known spatially ...

JOINT BASE LEWIS-McCHORD, Wash. – Customers visiting Joint Base Lewis-McChord’s Waller Hall for separations, in-and-out-processing, reassignments, passports and Soldier readiness processing will be ...

Background: Mass vaccination is a cornerstone of public health emergency preparedness and response. However, injudicious placement of vaccination sites can lead to the formation of long waiting lines ...

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