Etymology

Little's law

Today it means: 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. Full definition →

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The story

The theorem was proposed by American researcher John Little (1928–2024).

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