A single line to 3 cashiers is ~3x faster than a separate line for each cashier

Re:A single line to 3 cashiers is ~3x faster than a separate... by brown9-2 on Thursday December 08, 2011 @02:55PM (#3330820)

This is a bit of an aside, but something I've always wondered is: why does this branch of mathematics get labeled as Queueing "theory"?

From my brief understanding, when someone talks about Queueing theory they are not talking about a singular "theory" but they mean something much broader. It doesn't seem as if there is something here that needs to be proved or disproved.

This is a part of naming in mathematics that has always perplexed me.

edit: not sure why this would get downvoted, seems like a simple neophyte question

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Re:A single line to 3 cashiers is ~3x faster than a separate... by JonnieCache on Thursday December 08, 2011 @07:10PM (#3331825)

It's a common enough construction. Quantum theory, set theory and so on.

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Re:A single line to 3 cashiers is ~3x faster than a separate... by lightcatcher on Thursday December 08, 2011 @07:24PM (#3331864)

Realize this is a worthless comment, but I couldn't stand the exclusion of graph theory.

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Re:A single line to 3 cashiers is ~3x faster than a separate... by JonnieCache on Thursday December 08, 2011 @08:34PM (#3332087)

How could I forget chaos theory and string theory.

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Re:A single line to 3 cashiers is ~3x faster than a separate... by gujk on Thursday December 08, 2011 @03:30PM (#3330979)

Because no one can spell queuology or queuistics.

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