single channel - single phase

single channel – single phase

in queuing where there is a single channel with the customer going through only one phase. For example queuing to pay in a store where there is only one till. See QUEUE, SINGLE CHANNEL – MULTIPLE PHASE, MULTIPLE CHANNEL – SINGLE PHASE.

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