Queuing theory, subject in operations research that deals with the problem of providing adequate but economical service facilities involving unpredictable numbers and times or similar sequences.
Now that the Taliban are in disarray, the work of nation building, once anathema to the fledgling Administration's world view, becomes unavoidable; it is a task involving unpredictable and willful players.
This work deals with the tracking control problem of a class of unknown nonaffine dynamic systems that involve unpredictable sensor and actuation failures.
In addition, each situation may be rife with more danger than others or involve unpredictable people with unpredictable reactions.
Creating a video that attracts millions of viewers and becomes a pop culture phenomenon involves an unpredictable cocktail of luck and timing.
He thinks the ultimate synthesis will involve an unpredictable cocktail of vaudeville, burlesque, circus, sideshow and, as is happening, particularly in Los Angeles, elements of the dance club scene.
With 28 musicians as fiercely independent as the Orpheus players, the only guarantee is that the process of addressing such issues will be spirited, involving and unpredictable.
Why Stop Now has moments -- most of them involving the unpredictable Morgan -- but too few of them to make you want to start caring about this film.
