You definitely should be trying to improve your kitchen algorithms if they are causing starvation issues! Joking aside, I love that you were applying the model

You definitely should be trying to improve your kitchen algorithms if they are causing starvation issues! Joking aside, I love that you were applying the modeling, design, and performance analysis ideas to a different domain like this. It's the classic case of cross disciplinary teams or cross discipline thinking yielding surprising benefits. I love that you used it to teach CS as well, which makes a powerful reciprocal relationship. I used to wonder why the fast food places didn't have hefty pattern analysis going on to predict needs, e.g. "it's Tuesday at 4:30, we almost always need 28 chicken strips in the next 30 minutes so put them down" even to the point of balancing speed vs waste and other issues. Maybe they are doing that now, but it's got a lot of potential.