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Subject: Re: Prj 2
Date: Thu, 18 Sep 2008 22:08:23 -0700
From: Bill Cheng <william@bourbon.usc.edu>

Someone wrote:

  >     If the GetInterval should return an integer in ms then why does the
  > sample simulation in the project spec have decimal places
  > 
  > 00000000.000ms: emulation begins
  > 00000312.112ms: c1 arrives, *inter-arrival time = 312.112ms*
  > 00000312.117ms: c1 enters Q1
  > 00000312.119ms: c1 leaves Q1, time in Q1 = 0.002ms
  > 00000312.120ms: c1 begin service
  > 00000625.541ms: c2 arrives, *inter-arrival time = 313.429ms*
  > 00000625.543ms: c2 enters Q1
  > 00000772.497ms: c1 departs, service time = 460.377ms time in system = 460.385ms
  > 00000772.502ms: c2 leaves Q1, time in Q1 = 146.959ms
  > 00000772.504ms: c2 begin service
  > 00000953.672ms: c3 arrives, inter-arrival time = 328.131ms
  > 00000953.674ms: c3 enters Q1
  > 00001217.773ms: c2 departs, service

Please see my message with timestamp "Thu 18 Sep 11:05".
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Bill Cheng // bill.cheng@usc.edu <URL:http://merlot.usc.edu/william/usc/>




  On Wed, Sep 17, 2008 at 5:58 PM, Bill Cheng <william@bourbon.usc.edu> wrote:
  
  > Someone wrote:
  >
  >  > " The return value of GetInterval() should be an integer having a
  >  > unit of milliseconds. To make things easier to manage, we limit
  >  > the value of this integer to be between 1 and 10,000. This means
  >  > that before GetInterval() returns, you must examine the value it
  >  > plans to return. If it's too small, set it to 1, if it's too
  >  > large, set it to 10,000. This also applies to the values you read
  >  > from tsfile. "
  >  >
  >  > Does it mean if rate is 0 must return 10000 and if value
  >  > returned by GetInterval is < 1 then we should return 1?
  >
  > Correct!
  > --
  > Bill Cheng // bill.cheng@usc.edu <URL:http://merlot.usc.edu/william/usc/>