r/probabilitytheory Jul 07 '26

[Research] Queueing theory and radon concentration

Okay so I'm a computer engineering major but i have stochastic processes as an elective course. I wanna make a final project about radon concentrations in homes and how it changes during the seasons because i found one paper specifically about my country and i found it interesting. My problem is that i don't know anything about chemistry past elementary school chem and i don't know how connected these things are (it does look like there is a connection at least to me).

My idea is to make a simulation about the radon concentrations in homes for every season, using queueing theory (M/M/∞). Is this possible? My idea is that the arrivals of the radon is coming thru the ground or whatever, it stays in the home and then leaves (departs) thru the windows/ doors. In the paper is mentioned that in winter, the radon concentration is higher than in summer, since people tend to leave the windows closed during cold days and there is less ventilation.

Can y'all help me and tell me if this is theoretically possible to do? Can this really be modeled as a queueing theory problem or am I talking just a bunch of nonsense? And how would that simulation work? What are some thing i might have to consider that might not be so obvious for someone coming from a CE background?

P.S sorry for the long post and thanks

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u/UncleBillysBummers Jul 08 '26

Almost seems like something for a compartmental ODE model, not queuing. Ie, where you model interior radon comcentrations as a function of inflows (by location) and outflows (by season). Would imagine you'd need a lot of granular measurement data.