Thursday, January 04, 2007

To queue or not to queue

It is not about the book To queue or not to queue. It is about my experience today.

Today, I sit in the Wendy's from 10:30am to 2:50pm to read and think. When I realized that I soon need to have lunch, there is waiting line. Then it becomes an optimization problem. My hungry degree increases by time. I don't want to waiting in the line waste my time not doing meaningful things. The length of waiting line is changing. What should I do?!

It turns out that I was poor to make that decision. I waited until that I cannot stand more and joined a long line. What is the form of best strategy under this situation? What if I have perfect information or not? Is any similiar situation in the real business situation?

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