Agner Krarup Erlang (1878-1929), Danish mathematician and engineer. Invented the fields of queueing theory and traffic engineering.
The unit of communication activity in these fields is now known as the Erlang unit in recognition of his achievements.
See also: Erlang programming language, Erlang unit
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