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> A computer analogy I'd give is to think of freight handling like information communication Unsurprisingly, a lot of the theory for transport networks maps ex
by toomanybeersies 10y ago
> A computer analogy I'd give is to think of freight handling like information communication
Unsurprisingly, a lot of the theory for transport networks maps extremely well to computer networks.
Transport is essentially a literal packet switched network. You have routers (depots), routes (roads, rails, etc), packets (in many cases, literally packets), MTUs (twenty foot containers, or truckloads).
Queuing theory equally applies to both as well (and a lot of other physical applications, at university we had an exercise applying it to customer support).
- agumonkey 10y agoI remember talks of propping up underground rails as internet of things, literally pushing things instead of data toward any place automatically. I'd love to test this.
- bigger_cheese 10y agoAnecdotally one of my Engineering lecturers at university was an expert on human logistics. (i.e the physical queuing of people) I remember talking to her about a project she was working on with a large retail chain advising them on how to funnel people through store checkouts more efficiently.