Queueing theory—a mathematical framework that’s typically used to study, understand, and manage wait times and lines—is usually applied to improve efficiency in settings such as grocery stores, ...

October 2022, Paper: "On September 8, 2022 Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II— the longest reigning monarch in modern history—died at the age of 96. Six days later, hundreds of thousands of people who ...

Is this real life? Is this just fantasy? A growing number of scientists are suggesting that the idea that we are all living in a simulation may not be completely far-fetched. Simulation theory is the ...

Background: Mass vaccination is a cornerstone of public health emergency preparedness and response. However, injudicious placement of vaccination sites can lead to the formation of long waiting lines ...

Abstract: Quantum computing is a fascinating interdisciplinary research field that promises to revolutionize computing by efficiently solving previously intractable problems. Recent years have seen ...

I’m teaching Edinburgh’s undergraduate Axiomatic Set Theory course, and the axioms we’re using are Lawvere’s Elementary Theory of the Category of Sets — with the twist that everything’s going to be ...

The idea for this book came about because of my inability to find a book like this. When I taught Principles of Macroeconomics in the past, I was always compelled to assign a collection of outside ...

Abstract: Queuing theory is a major topic of applied mathematics that deals with phenomenon of waiting and arises from the use of powerful mathematical analysis to describe production processes. This ...

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