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A qeux for Bayeux Queueing, and how to optimise it for maximum fairness and efficiency, is an intriguing little area of applied maths. If one train is late arriving at a station, should it be prioritised – perhaps causing a delay to another train – or made to wait? What would be fairest to the people on the trains, and the most efficient way to run the railway system? Feedback has no idea, but we do know that history buff and chief subeditor Kelsey Hayes had a trying experience of online queueing courtesy of the British Museum. …
摘自《新科学家》(New Scientist)第3603期 · 2026年7月11日。仅引用开头一小段供了解文章,版权归原刊所有,全文请阅读原刊。