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title: Learn Queueing Theory
description: >
    Why is your line always slower than the other one? Why do
    traffic jams happen without any apparent cause? These lessons
    use a mixture of queueing theory and simulation to explain
    these scenarios and others.
tracking: 136
---

You can open and run these notebooks in [molab](https://molab.marimo.io), marimo's free hosted notebook platform.

## Notebooks

- [![Open in molab](https://marimo.io/molab-shield.svg)](https://molab.marimo.io/github/marimo-team/learn/blob/main/queueing/01_basic_ideas.py) Basic Ideas in Queueing Theory
- [![Open in molab](https://marimo.io/molab-shield.svg)](https://molab.marimo.io/github/marimo-team/learn/blob/main/queueing/02_queue_formation.py) Queue Formation
- [![Open in molab](https://marimo.io/molab-shield.svg)](https://molab.marimo.io/github/marimo-team/learn/blob/main/queueing/03_littles_law.py) Little's Law
- [![Open in molab](https://marimo.io/molab-shield.svg)](https://molab.marimo.io/github/marimo-team/learn/blob/main/queueing/04_sojourn_time.py) Sojourn Time
- [![Open in molab](https://marimo.io/molab-shield.svg)](https://molab.marimo.io/github/marimo-team/learn/blob/main/queueing/05_mm1_nonlinearity.py) M/M/1 Queue Nonlinearity
- [![Open in molab](https://marimo.io/molab-shield.svg)](https://molab.marimo.io/github/marimo-team/learn/blob/main/queueing/06_pooled_vs_separate.py) Pooled vs. Separate Queues
- [![Open in molab](https://marimo.io/molab-shield.svg)](https://molab.marimo.io/github/marimo-team/learn/blob/main/queueing/07_late_merge.py) Late Merge
- [![Open in molab](https://marimo.io/molab-shield.svg)](https://molab.marimo.io/github/marimo-team/learn/blob/main/queueing/08_inspectors_paradox.py) The Inspector's Paradox
- [![Open in molab](https://marimo.io/molab-shield.svg)](https://molab.marimo.io/github/marimo-team/learn/blob/main/queueing/09_convoy_effect.py) The Convoy Effect
- [![Open in molab](https://marimo.io/molab-shield.svg)](https://molab.marimo.io/github/marimo-team/learn/blob/main/queueing/10_priority_starvation.py) Priority Starvation
- [![Open in molab](https://marimo.io/molab-shield.svg)](https://molab.marimo.io/github/marimo-team/learn/blob/main/queueing/11_tandem_queue.py) Tandem Queue Blocking
- [![Open in molab](https://marimo.io/molab-shield.svg)](https://molab.marimo.io/github/marimo-team/learn/blob/main/queueing/12_rush_hour.py) Rush Hour Displacement
- [![Open in molab](https://marimo.io/molab-shield.svg)](https://molab.marimo.io/github/marimo-team/learn/blob/main/queueing/13_braess_paradox.py) Braess's Paradox

## Contributors

Thanks to our notebook authors:

* [Greg Wilson](https://github.com/gvwilson)