Estimate loads for the peak traffic by calculus

Asked Jun 28 '14 at 05:42

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I found a interesting topic realted to Q&A With Nine Great Programmers ,

In the Q3 section : Do you think mathematics and/or physics are an important skill for a programmer? Why?

One of the programer Steve Yegge says :

I had to estimate loads for the peak traffic hour of the day for a service whose load "follows the sun" in an approximate sine curve. The simplest way to make the estimate was to integrate over 1/24th of the curve at a specific time. If I hadn’t known calculus, I would not have known how to make a reasonably accurate estimate

I'm curious about how can i estimate load by calculus , is there any example someone

could help me understand this interesting problem .

asked Jun 28 '14 at 05:42

holmes2136

Do you understand what he/she is saying there and why? – Random Dev Jun 28 '14 at 06:00
I have no idea why he use calculus in estimating loads , Because we could record every incoming request and get the status of load traffic , isn't it ? – holmes2136 Jun 28 '14 at 06:14

Estimate loads for the peak traffic by calculus

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