Return-Path: william@bourbon.usc.edu Delivery-Date: Tue Sep 23 21:57:14 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 m8O4vE6U018604 for ; Tue, 23 Sep 2008 21:57:14 -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 m8O500RF016811 for ; Tue, 23 Sep 2008 22:00:00 -0700 Message-Id: <200809240500.m8O500RF016811@bourbon.usc.edu> To: cs551@merlot.usc.edu Subject: Re: CS 551 Proj2 Date: Tue, 23 Sep 2008 22:00:00 -0700 From: Bill Cheng Someone wrote: > SInce I have little idea about statistics I wanted to know if my > lambda is 0.5 then the average interarrival time should be 2 .. > is this the correct interpretaion. Theoretically, yes. But you have to report what's *measured*. > Will the same thing happen in case of exponential distribution ? Yes. If you google "exponential distribution", you can get all the information about exponential distribution. But again, you need to report what you measured. > Could you give an example for > a set of parameters what is the output we should expect ? I cannot do that. You need to convince yourself what you are getting is about right! *Thinking* about this is part of this assignment! -- Bill Cheng // bill.cheng@usc.edu