Little’s Law & My Sandwich
This morning, while having breakfast (nice cup of coffee and a sandwich), it came to my mind the queueing theory (probably because yesterday, while driving to Valencia, I remembered one of the first chapters of Numb3rs, when Charlie uses this theory to explain a car accident).
Summarising, Little’s Law JUST (like if it was small talk) says is the average number of units in an stable system (when in the long-term), equals the long-term rate of arrival (gamma) times the long-term average time this unit spends on the system.
L = [gamma] x W
So, where else does my sandwich fits on this?. Don’t you know?: my mouth can taste on average that many units related to the speed and pace of bitting, drinking, swallowing… but only if eating a sandwich could be considered as a long-term activity…
Great post!
Comment by Laura — March 31, 2009 @ 3:41 pm
Trust me, the sandwich deserved the post. ; )
Comment by Francisco Marco-Serrano — March 31, 2009 @ 3:56 pm