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Re:Trying to improve buffet lines using simulations by roel_v on Thursday October 17, 2019 @09:46AM (#21281985)
What I meant was that agent behaviour is linear and predictable, assumptions that don't hold when modeling actual people in the wild (it's fine for modeling e.g. factory queues and stuff, not knocking on queue theory as a field). Reasonable people can disagree on the assumptions made here though.
Re:Trying to improve buffet lines using simulations by mcphage on Thursday October 17, 2019 @03:20PM (#21285469)
I get what you're saying here, and I agree—although you also mentioned specific objections above that don't seem to be valid.
Re:Trying to improve buffet lines using simulations by roel_v on Thursday October 17, 2019 @03:49PM (#21285716)
I'll readily admit that attacking my stream of consciousness postings is like shooting fish in a barrel :)
Re:Trying to improve buffet lines using simulations by mcphage on Thursday October 17, 2019 @05:39PM (#21286594)
:-)