From the Desk of Josh Beckman (www.joshbeckman.org) home / notes / note-on-queueing-theory-via-joelparkerhenderson • λ: arrival rate. This measures how fast new items are coming into the queue. • μ: service rate. This measures how fast items in the queue are being handled. • σ: dropout rate. This measures how fast items are skipping out the queue unhandled. Queuing theory notation Josh Beckman Reference queues Queueing Theory joelparkerhenderson 2023, January 31 Edit Comment/Reply via email Widgets Network Graph Legend Insight This widget generates “insights” about a post - you can read about how it works. Generating Keyboard Shortcuts Key Action o Source e Edit i Insight r Random h Home s or / Search Close www.joshbeckman.org/notes/466744994