Waiting

Watchful Waiting

On Waiting

Waiting is the activity of maintaining selected aspects of a current situation over some period of time in order that certain goal-related actions can be performed in the future. Initial steps toward the formalization of notions relevant to waiting are presented. Conditions and information pertinent to waiting decisions are defined.

The Impact of Waiting Time Guarantees on Customers’ Waiting Experiences

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Waiting for a Retweet: Modeling Waiting Times in Information Propagation

Social media are increasingly used to disseminate emergency warnings, alerts, and other hazard-related information. In this context, the timing of information propagation is of immediate interest. Time-sensitive information must reach members of the general public before the pertinence of the information expires. In this research we build a preliminary model for the time between information dis...

Patients waiting for elective general surgery: a culture of waiting?

H care has long been a source of Canadian national pride, but decades of budget cuts and attempts at system reengineering have led to a perceived deterioration in access to care. Part of this perception centres around a “culture of waiting”: waiting to see one’s general practitioner, waiting to see a specialist, waiting for diagnostic tests and waiting for appropriate treatment. Of course, wait...