Perspectives on Queues: Combining Queues is Not Always Beneficial

Abstract
Contrary to common calculation, there are reasons for believing that combining queues, especially queues of people, may at times be counterproductive. These reasons include customer reaction, jockeying between separate queues, increased costs and service times for combined queues, and the absence of published before-and-after studies.

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