Return-Path: william@bourbon.usc.edu Delivery-Date: Fri Sep 26 19:37:23 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 m8R2bNMP003995 for ; Fri, 26 Sep 2008 19:37:23 -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 m8R2eqVM020743 for ; Fri, 26 Sep 2008 19:40:52 -0700 Message-Id: <200809270240.m8R2eqVM020743@bourbon.usc.edu> To: cs551@merlot.usc.edu Subject: Re: Average Times Date: Fri, 26 Sep 2008 19:40:52 -0700 From: Bill Cheng Someone wrote: > What should be considered as System leaving time (to calculate avg time > spend in system) if CTRL+C is pressed and all the customers are flushed. You should think about this and document it in your README file! -- Bill Cheng // bill.cheng@usc.edu On Tue, Sep 23, 2008 at 10:49 PM, Bill Cheng wrote: > Someone wrote: > > > I have two queries: > > 1) We don't consider customers dropped when calculating the avg service > > time right? > > Please see my message with timestamp "Sun 21 Sep 21:03". > > > 2) I am not sure of what average time spent in the system mean. > > Time spent in the system for a customer is the elapsed > time between the time the customer arrives and the time > the customer leaves the server. If you have N samples > of "time spent in the system", the average time spent > in the system is the sum of all N samples divided by N. > -- > Bill Cheng // bill.cheng@usc.edu