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Joris Walraevens1, Thomas Demoor, Tom Maertens

  • 1Department of Telecommunications and Information Processing (EA07), Ghent University, B-9000 Ghent, Belgium.

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Human task waiting times follow power laws, not exponential ones. Stochastic priority models, common in queueing theory, naturally explain these non-exponential patterns in human dynamics.

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Area of Science:

  • Complex Systems
  • Stochastic Processes
  • Human Dynamics

Background:

  • Exponential laws inadequately describe human dynamics.
  • Power laws, specifically in task waiting times, are increasingly recognized.
  • Priority selection mechanisms are hypothesized as the cause for power-law distributions.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the applicability of stochastic priority models to human dynamics.
  • To demonstrate how non-exponential distributions arise in human task completion.
  • To challenge the necessity of priority mechanisms for generating power-law behavior.

Main Methods:

  • Application of queueing theory principles to human task management.
  • Calculation of generating functions to analyze waiting time distributions.
  • Analysis of dominant singularities of generating functions to identify tail behavior.

Main Results:

  • Stochastic priority models are directly applicable to human dynamics.
  • Non-exponential (power-law) tails in waiting times arise naturally from these models.
  • The presence of non-exponential tails is not solely dependent on priority selection mechanisms.

Conclusions:

  • Queueing theory's stochastic priority models offer a robust framework for understanding human dynamics.
  • Non-exponential waiting time distributions are an emergent property, not exclusively driven by explicit priority rules.
  • This research provides a novel perspective on the underlying mechanisms governing human task completion patterns.