there were several news URLs a month or so ago about the issue of
"faster" in conjunction with the orlanda effort and some of the
predictions on possibly 40mil (most frequently travelling) people sign
up if such programs were rolled out around the country.
the issue raised was that they were effectively paying to have a
priority queue for the existing screening stations (effectively could
take the place of the first class queue at some airports) ... and what
is the characteristic of a priority queue if nearly everybody is
standing in the priority queue rather than the regular queue.
having done some work on queuing ... i turned out the mainframe resource
manager in the 70s
http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/subtopic.html#fairshare
http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/subtopic.html#wsclock
if the service stations are the same ... and you just are re-arranging
the order of service ... priority queues have the appearance of meeting
their objectives when only a small percentage of the total population is
in the priority queue.
R.A. Hettinga wrote:
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Security needs identity like a fish needs... well, you get the idea...
Cheers,
RAH
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<http://online.wsj.com/article_print/0,,SB111767537888648936,00.html>
The Wall Street Journal
June 2, 2005
Paying Extra for Faster Airport Security
Orlando Kicks Off Program
Offering Quicker Screenings
To Holders of Special Cards
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