queuing theory

  • 1queuing theory — ➔ theory * * * queuing theory UK US noun [U] ► COMMERCE, TRANSPORT, COMMUNICATIONS, IT the study of how people or things wait in line or wait to be served and how to deal with them in order to provide the best service …

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  • 2Queuing Theory — A mathematical method of analyzing the congestions and delays of waiting in line. Queuing theory examines every component of waiting in line to be served, including the arrival process, service process, number of servers, number of system places… …

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  • 3queuing theory — a theory that deals with providing a service on a waiting line, or queue, esp. when the demand for it is irregular and describable by probability distributions, as processing phone calls arriving at a telephone exchange or collecting highway… …

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  • 4queuing theory — eilių teorija statusas T sritis automatika atitikmenys: angl. queuing theory vok. Bedienungstheorie, f; Warteschlangentheorie, f rus. теория очередей, f pranc. théorie des files d attente, f …

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  • 5queuing theory — theory that deals with studying the formation of lines and shortening and guiding them …

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  • 6queuing theory — noun : the mathematical and statistical theory of queues and waiting lines (as in heavy traffic or in the use of telephone circuits) * * * a theory that deals with providing a service on a waiting line, or queue, esp. when the demand for it is… …

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  • 7queuing theory — An approach to simulating the way that work arrives in a system (e. g. the rate at which components queue to be processed by a machine) or customers require service, enabling the most effective process for handling these inputs to be designed and …

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  • 8theory — theo‧ry [ˈθɪəri ǁ ˈθiːəri] noun theories PLURALFORM 1. [countable] an idea or set of ideas that is intended to explain why something happens or how it works: theory of • The book is called An Evolutionary Theory of Economic Change . • The theory… …

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  • 9theory — /thee euh ree, thear ee/, n., pl. theories. 1. a coherent group of general propositions used as principles of explanation for a class of phenomena: Einstein s theory of relativity. 2. a proposed explanation whose status is still conjectural, in… …

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  • 10switching theory — Theory of circuits made up of ideal digital devices, including their structure, behaviour, and design. It incorporates Boolean logic (see Boolean algebra), a basic component of modern digital switching systems. Switching is essential to telephone …

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