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Why the other line always seems to move faster
Posted by Pete Berg on Wednesday, December 22nd, 2010 at 9:53 pm
Brilliant explanation of how “queueing theory” – developed by engineers to route phone calls – can be used to find the most efficient arrangement of cashiers and check out lines.
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