Incoprea Theory
Vol. XXXII · 89

Theory 48/Displacement

Queueing Explains the Delay

The claim

Service delays attributed to processing are mostly queueing, so capacity and variability matter more than speed.

01Mechanism

Waiting time rises sharply as utilisation approaches one.

02Prediction

Delay should track utilisation, not processing time.

03Refutation

Delay tracking processing would remove the queue.