Little's law en · NOUN
Etymology
The theorem was proposed by American researcher John Little (1928–2024).
Meanings
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(qualifier:queueing theory) A theorem which states that the long-term average number L of customers in a stationary system is equal to the long-term average effective arrival rate λ multiplied by the average time W that a customer spends in the system.
What about determining how large our queue needs to be to handle a desired number of requests. Can Little's Law help us answer that?
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