Other New-York-minute amenities include an electronic queuing system that directs customers to cash registers and estimates wait times — almost as if the checkout line were a Walt Disney World ride.
Guests will then receive a text with a link that shows them their spot in the queue, estimated waiting time, menu and an option to 'donate and skip the wait'.
(2) Estimating waiting time and its variance suffers from thrashing.
We collected approximately 1 million observations of estimated waiting times, quasi-randomly sampled over approximately two months in 2015.
For comparison, we used a simple approach where we left out the resource constraints and extended the processing times by statistically estimated waiting times to account for finite capacities.
"tot1strev" "now" "soon" "notsure" Independent polytomous variables that capture estimated waiting time to the first revenue for venture, having categorical value of "now" (currently generating business revenues), "soon" (is going to generate revenues within the next 12 months), and "notsure" (uncertain about the capability of revenue generation).
A sensitivity analysis was also performed, looking at the effect of smartcard use and number of clerks on the incremental cost and estimated waiting time.
"The backup is so extreme, it is impossible to estimate wait times," the Canadian Customs and Revenue Agency said in a bulletin posted on its Web site.
Over the last few years, restaurants have used a little app called NoshList to communicate with and provide estimated wait times to their customers, but it found that same functionality had applications across multiple different industries.
If you want to get a bit more detail, you can use a product called TezLab (full disclosure, my company built TezLab) that will show you your charging rate and estimated wait times, among other features, enabling you to maximize family time while you charge.
