Return-Path: william@bourbon.usc.edu Delivery-Date: Tue Sep 23 08:09:45 2008 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.3 (2007-08-08) on merlot.usc.edu X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.3 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=3.2.3 Received: from bourbon.usc.edu (bourbon.usc.edu [128.125.9.75]) by merlot.usc.edu (8.14.1/8.14.1) with ESMTP id m8NF9jQC010438 for ; Tue, 23 Sep 2008 08:09:45 -0700 Received: from bourbon.usc.edu (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by bourbon.usc.edu (8.14.2/8.14.1) with ESMTP id m8NFCN5H005383 for ; Tue, 23 Sep 2008 08:12:23 -0700 Message-Id: <200809231512.m8NFCN5H005383@bourbon.usc.edu> To: cs551@merlot.usc.edu Subject: Re: CS551 prj 2 parameters for GetInterval Date: Tue, 23 Sep 2008 08:12:23 -0700 From: Bill Cheng Someone wrote: > I just wanted to know what will be the parameter for GetInterval > when for exponential distribution for service time ? Do i pass > 1/mu or mu? It say the service time are exponential with mean > 1/mu. Here is the mean same as rate which is passed in > GetInterval() ? Rate has the unit of something divided by time. An example of "rate" that everyone is familiar with is that the throughput of Ethernet is 10MB/sec. The average (or mean) service time must have the unit of time. If there is anything incorrect in the spec, please let me know! Thanks! -- Bill Cheng // bill.cheng@usc.edu