Note---Modelling the Effect of Decreased Food Intake on the Activity Pattern of an Individual

Robin D. Gorsky
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Robin D. Gorsky: University of California, Berkeley

Management Science, 1983, vol. 29, issue 3, 378-381

Abstract: The effect of decreases in food energy intake on the activity pattern of an individual may be described by an M x /M/1 queueing model. \lambda represents the rate of activity arrival to the system. E(k) represents the average energy level at which the system performs, \mu represents the rate at which the system processes energy units. p 0 = 1 - \lambda E(k)/\mu represents the probability of an idle system, of the system at rest. The model was validated by collecting data on food energy intake and activities from ten healthy young men. When food energy intake decreased an average of 500 kcal/day, 1 - p 0 , the probability of a nonidle system, decreased from 0.431 to 0.413, p

Keywords: health care: food intake and activity patterns; queues: applications: human activitiy processing; recreation: effect of decreased food intake (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1983
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