Queueing theory
Learning and science
educational write-up
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126points
12comments
#364of 2,195 in 2019
Top 17%of 2019 by points
How HN took it
MixedNo clear lean
2 positive, 2 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 1 critical, out of 6 comments about the project. Thread score +0.06.
Idea: 1 for, 1 againstDocs: 1 for, 0 against
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Good introduction to queueing terminology and KPIs
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This is a good introduction to the terminology and symbology used to describe queues, and the KPIs that it highlights are useful. I'm left wishing that the writeup included some…
prickledpear on HNNice write up on a completely underrated but important and universal topic. I had to deal with queuing theory a lot in university in a course on stochastic modeling. IMHO you…
kreck on HN
Objections
Lacks concrete applications and counterintuitive results
From 1 comment
This is a good introduction to the terminology and symbology used to describe queues, and the KPIs that it highlights are useful. I'm left wishing that the writeup included some…
prickledpear on HN
Missing Little's law
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I did an undergrad course on queueing theory and I'm surprised there's no mention of little's law here. Is there some reason it doesn't "apply" here?
Sahhaese on HN
Requests
Add Little's law
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I did an undergrad course on queueing theory and I'm surprised there's no mention of little's law here. Is there some reason it doesn't "apply" here?
Sahhaese on HNGood idea! I'll add it.
jph on HN
Add Markov chains and stationary distribution
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Nice write up on a completely underrated but important and universal topic. I had to deal with queuing theory a lot in university in a course on stochastic modeling. IMHO you…
kreck on HN
Add more real-world applications
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This is a good introduction to the terminology and symbology used to describe queues, and the KPIs that it highlights are useful. I'm left wishing that the writeup included some…
prickledpear on HN
Questions
Why the Poisson distribution is justified for arrivals
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> a poisson distribution of incoming calls with a rate r1 This is what always confuses me about queueing theory. The analysis is valid assuming a particular distribution, but the…
zvrba on HNPoisson is the limit distribution you converge to when n people each flip a coin with probability p to do something, when you drive n to infinity but keep np constant. It is well…
beagle3 on HN
Alternatives named
Ciw Python queueing library and a video introduction
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Recommend this video instead. Comes with a python library (Ciw). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_sIus0mPSM I played with some python queuing to model an analysis pipeline of…
motohagiography on HN