# Wait-Time Prediction

> The ability to predict how long work will wait given arrival and service rates.

Record: `lexicon:wait-time-prediction`
Kind: capability
Layer: [Performance Core](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/performance-core.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lexicon-wait-time-prediction

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Utilization-Based Sizing](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/utilization-based-sizing.md) and before [Always-Fresh Reads](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/always-fresh-reads.md).

## Category

- [Scalability / Performance / Optimization](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon-category/scalability-performance-optimization.md)

## Enabled by

- [Queuing Theory](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/queuing-theory.md)

## Linked from

- [Scalability / Performance / Optimization](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-scalability-performance-optimization.md)