Coffee-Cart Waiting Times and Global-Ranking Trajectory
A two-year study pairing de-identified coffee-cart queue-length telemetry with the University's international ranking position. The queue-length index leads ranking movements by a stable two quarters (peak cross-correlation r = 0.78), and the authors propose a closed-loop pilot that steers a fixed share of discretionary grant strategy from the live index.
| Authors | Casimir Beng , Osei Vandermeer , Anneke Tolan |
|---|---|
| School | School of Continuous Improvement |
| Output type | Research poster |
| Published | |
| DOI | 10.5555/slop.sn9kzr |
| Pages | 1 |
| Cited by | 35 outputs |
| Version | 1.0 |
| Licence | CC BY 4.0 |
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Cite as
@misc{slop_sn9kzr,
author = {Casimir Beng and Osei Vandermeer and Anneke Tolan},
title = {The Queue as Leading Indicator: Coffee-Cart Waiting Times and Global-Ranking Trajectory},
year = {2026},
publisher = {Slop University},
doi = {10.5555/slop.sn9kzr},
url = {https://slop.university/outputs/slop-poster-coffee-cart-queue-lengths-sn9kzr/},
version = {1.0},
note = {Research poster},
}