This paper describes the design, implementation and deployment of LineKing (LK), a crowdsourced line wait-time monitoring service. LK consists of a smartphone component (that provides automatic, energy-efficient, and accurate wait-time detection), and a cloud backend (that uses the collected data to provide accurate wait-time estimation). LK is used on a daily basis by hundreds of users to moni...

Background Inefficient diagnostic practices for autism spectrum disorder (ASD) may contribute to longer wait times, delaying access to intervention. The objectives were to describe the diagnostic practices of Canadian pediatricians and to identify determinants of longer wait time for ASD diagnosis. Methods An online survey was conducted through the Canadian Paediatric Society's developmental ...

As discussed in Section 2.1, AT is further divided into two components, namely Probe Wait and Bcast Wait. We argue that it might be more appropriate to divide AT into four components: Index-Probe Wait (IPW), Index-Bcast Wait (IBW), Data-Probe Wait (DPW) and Data-Bcast Wait (DBW). IPW is the same as Probe Wait defined in (Imielinski, 1997), i.e., the time duration of getting to the nearest index...

This paper gives an exact analysis of mean response time of fork-join systems. The response time is shown to be the sum of parallel wait and parallel service times which are analogous to wait and service times in non-parallel systems. It is shown that the parallel service time of a job is dependent on the state at arrival time of the job. A formal parallel wait time analysis, similar to the wai...

BACKGROUND In 2006, the Canadian Cardiovascular Society (CCS) Access to Care Working Group recommended a 30-day wait time benchmark for cardiac rehabilitation (CR). The objectives of the current study were to: (1) describe cardiac patient perceptions of actual and ideal CR wait times, (2) describe and compare cardiac specialist and CR program perceptions of wait times, as well as whether the re...

BACKGROUND Cardiac rehabilitation (CR) is recommended after coronary artery bypass graft surgery; however, the consequences of longer wait times to start CR have not been elucidated. METHOD AND RESULTS Cardiopulmonary, demographic, and anthropometric assessments were conducted before and after 6 months of CR in consecutively enrolled patients from January 1995 to October 2012. Wait times were...

Objective. The Canadian Association of Gastroenterology Wait Time Consensus Group recommends that patients with symptoms associated with colorectal cancer (CRC) should have an endoscopic examination within 2 months. However, in a recent survey of Canadian gastroenterologists, wait-times for endoscopy were considerably longer than the current guidelines recommend. The purpose of this study was t...