Talk:Erlang unit

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"Alternatively, an Erlang may be regarded as a "use multiplier" per unit time, so 100% use is 1 Erlang, 200% use is 2 Erlangs, and so on. For example, if total cell phone use in a given area per hour is 180 minutes, this represents 180/60 = 3 Erlangs. In general, if the mean arrival rate of new calls is λ per unit time and the mean call holding time is h, then the traffic in Erlangs A is:

   A = λh "

if someone could change these units into LaTeX... --Ivan Ivanković 21:25, 1 May 2007 (UTC)

Can somebody add information about Erlang charts to this article?

How can it be a "dimensionless unit" when it is an Erlang? 1 or 2 or 3 is dimensionless, however 1 Erl or 2 Erl or 3Erl have a unit i.e. Erlang

It is the Erlang unit that is dimensionless - since it does not represent any underlying physical quantity, e.g. Mass, Length, Time, etc. The Erlang unit represents a unit 'server', so it is numeric. As such, it may be compared to, say, Radian or Decibel - which are dimensionless units. Ian Cairns 20:42, 1 Nov 2004 (UTC)

The Erlang unit is a ratio of arrival rate to service rate and the times in these rates cancel out. Thus it is dimensionless. vignaux 02:08, 2004 Nov 2 (UTC)

[edit] Merger proposal

Currently Erlang-B has a separate article (which nevertheless appears to cover much of the same material as is included here), and Erlang-C redirects to the main distribution page. I this we can include the Erlang-B stuff on Erlang unit, and redirect Erlang-C here as well. Any thoughts? Tim (Xevious) (talk) 13:20, 9 May 2008 (UTC)