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Food Access Queue Time Cost

Value an explicit queue duration at a supplied hourly rate without choosing a social valuation.

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Description

Express food-access queue time as a supplied hourly-value cost.

Food-assistance records track sources, quantities, vouchers, transfers and purchasing units. Nominal person-rations and whole-pack costs depend on supplied assumptions; they do not determine nutritional adequacy or legal entitlements. Returned quantities also do not establish that food can safely be redistributed.

Express food-access queue time as a supplied hourly-value cost.

When to use this tool

Use Food Access Queue Time Cost when checking the stated supplied assistance inventory, quantity or cost convention.

How to use the tool and how it works

  1. Enter queueMinutes, suppliedValuePerHour. Use the units and conventions below.
  2. Run the tool. Correct any format, range, or cross-field input error before interpreting the output.
  3. Read valuedQueueCost. Use the output convention below.

Require nonnegative queue minutes and supplied value per hour. Return minutes/60*hourlyValue.1

Input fieldMeaning and unitsAccepted input
queueMinutesQueue MinutesRequired. Finite number; minimum 0.
suppliedValuePerHourSupplied Value Per HourRequired. Finite number; minimum 0.
Output fieldInterpretationReturned shape
valuedQueueCostValued Queue CostRequired. Finite number.
json
{
  "input": {
    "queueMinutes": 45,
    "suppliedValuePerHour": 12
  },
  "output": {
    "valuedQueueCost": 9
  }
}

Limitations and assumptions

  • This is a caller-valued time cost rather than a measured loss, official compensation rate or assessment of access fairness.
  • Inputs must satisfy both the field types and the cross-field conditions above. Invalid input causes an error; a successful false flag or documented placeholder is a different result.
  • Numeric calculations use binary floating point unless exact decimal-integer arithmetic is explicitly stated. No hidden measurement tolerance or decimal rounding is added; nonfinite or out-of-contract results are rejected. Numeric signed-zero results are exported as zero.

Alternative or Complementary methods

Use verified inventory and program records with qualified nutrition, food-safety and humanitarian professionals for actual dietary, distribution or benefit decisions.

References

  1. Calculation and input contract: food-security/food-access-queue-time-cost — tool.io

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