Agner Krarup Erlang
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This article is about the Danish mathematician, statistician and engineer. For other uses, see Erlang.
Agner Krarup Erlang (1 January 1878 – 3 February 1929) was a Danish mathematician, statistician and engineer, who invented the fields of traffic engineering[2] and queueing theory.[3]
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Agner Krarup Erlang | |
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Born | 1 January 1878 (1878-01) Lønborg, Denmark |
Died | 3 February 1929 (1929-02-04) (aged 51) Copenhagen, Denmark |
Resting place | Sundby Kirkegård, København, Denmark[1] |
Alma mater | University of Copenhagen |
Occupation(s) | Mathematician, statistician, and engineer |
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By the time of his relatively early death at the age of 51, Erlang had created the field of telephone networks analysis. His early work in scrutinizing the use of local, exchange and trunk telephone line usage in a small community to understand the theoretical requirements of an efficient network led to the creation of the Erlang formula, which became a foundational element of modern telecommunication network studies.