https://hackerpaper.kaipfister.de/p/1211.0618/Collected HN comments and submissions linking this paper.enMon, 02 Nov 2026 11:16:22 GMThttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6195249urn:hackerpapers:mention:1211.0618:6195249Sun, 11 Aug 2013 16:04:52 GMT<p>Academia (meaning anything post-masters) has a very nuanced understanding of the word &quot;novel&quot;. Skimming through the paper (linked below) it seems that the novel part is that they &quot;show that the amount of information about the future has a significant impact on system performance, in the heavy-traffic regime.&quot; Not Elon Musk-novel perhaps, but definitely academia-novel. http://arxiv.org/abs/1211.0618</p><p><a href="https://hackerpaper.kaipfister.de/p/1211.0618/">Paper and discussion history</a>. A mention is not an endorsement.</p>math.PR