Agner Krarup Erlang Summary

Agner Krarup Erlang 1878-1929 Born in 1878 in Lonborg, Jutland, Denmark, Erlang showed early promise in mathematics. At age 14, he passed the required tests in Copenhagen to teach. When he finally att... Read more

Erlang is regarded as the founder of queuing theory and of operations research. His formulas, designed and published in 1917, enabled early telephone switching systems to become operational. These for... Read more