If Others Jump to the Queue Front, How Long I Will Wait?

• Authors: M. Krawczyk , P. Gronek , M. Nawojczyk , K. Kułakowski
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

Two models of a queue are proposed: a human queue and two lines of vehicles before a narrowing. In both models, a queuer tries to evaluate his waiting time, taking into account the delay caused by intruders who jump to the queue front. As the collected statistics of such events is very limited, the evaluation can give very long times. The results provide an example, when direct observations should be supplemented by an inference from the context.

Keywords

EN

02.50.Tt; 05.40.Fb; 89.65.-s

Discipline

• 89.65.-s: Social and economic systems
• 05.40.Fb: Random walks and Levy flights
• 02.50.Tt: Inference methods

• Publisher: Institute of Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Acta Physica Polonica A
• Year: 2015
• Volume: 127
• Issue: 3A
• Pages: A-95-A-98

Dates

published

2015-03

Contributors

author

M. Krawczyk

• AGH University of Science and Technology, Faculty of Physics and Applied Computer Science, al. Mickiewicza 30, PL-30059 Krakow, Poland

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P. Gronek

• AGH University of Science and Technology, Faculty of Physics and Applied Computer Science, al. Mickiewicza 30, PL-30059 Krakow, Poland

author

M. Nawojczyk

• AGH University of Science and Technology, Faculty of Humanities, al. Mickiewicza 30, PL-30059 Krakow, Poland

author

K. Kułakowski

• AGH University of Science and Technology, Faculty of Physics and Applied Computer Science, al. Mickiewicza 30, PL-30059 Krakow, Poland

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Identifiers

DOI

10.12693/APhysPolA.127.A-95