Lecture 2: Flow Basics; Little’s Law

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Handouts

• Syllabus (PDF)
• Little’s Law (PDF-2.68MB)
• Lecture 2 : Web Summary (PDF-1.14MB)

Related Materials

• Rooting Out Waste in Health Care by Taking Cue From Toyota Assembly Lines (Link to Video)
• Traffic Measurements and Predictions:

1. 1. Measuring Traffic, by Peter Bickel_ Chao Chenz Jaimyoung Kwon, John Rice_ Erik van Zwety Pravin Varaiya, 2004. (PDF-1MB)
   2. Traffic Flow on a Freeway Network, Peter Bickel, Chao Chen, Jaimyoung Kwon, John Rice, Pravin Varaiya, Erik van Zwet. (PDF-370KB)
   3. Freeway Performance Measurement System (PeMS) (link)
   4. Causes and Cures of Highway Congestion, Chao Chen, Zhanfeng Jia and Pravin Varaiya, 2001. (PDF-200KB)
   5. The freeway congestion paradox, Chao Chen and Pravin Varaiya, 2001. (PDF-180KB)
   6. London Public Transportation During the Olympic Games (link) (link)

• Readings for Measurements, Little’s Law: Queueing Methods (Hall), Chapter 2 (PDF-2MB)
• Randolph Hall et al. Modeling Patience Flows Through the Healthcare System. Chapter 1 from the book “Patient Flow: Reducing Delay in Healthcare Delivery” (PDF-670KB)

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