queuing theory
noun
a theory that deals with providing a service on a waiting line, or queue, especially when the demand for it is irregular and describable by probability distributions, as processing phone calls arriving at a telephone exchange or collecting highway tolls from drivers at tollbooths.
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Nearby words
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Origin of queuing theory
First recorded in 1950–55
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British Dictionary definitions for queuing theory
queuing theory
noun
a mathematical approach to the rate at which components queue to be processed by a machine, instructions are accessed by a computer, orders need to be serviced, etc, to achieve the optimum flow
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