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SIMULATION

HOMEWORK 4 CHAPTER 2
RANDOM NUMBERS

1. Develop a generator for a triangular distribution with range (1, 10) and mode
at x=4. Generate 10 values of the random variable.

We know that: a= 1, c = 10 and b = 4

r x

0,22 3,44

0,55 5,07

0,82 6,88

0,05 2,16

0,19 3,26

0,59 5,29

0,52 4,91

0,01 1,52

0,97 8,73

0,31 3,89
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2. Given the following cdf for a continuous variable with range from – 3 to 4,
develop a generator for the variable, generate 30 values, and plot a
histogram.
0, x  −3
1 x
 + , −3 x  0
2 6
F ( x) =  2
1 + x , 0  x  4
 2 32
1, x4


r x
0,25 -1,49
0,97 3,87
0,47 -0,16
0,64 2,15
0,03 -2,84
0,15 -2,08
0,28 -1,34
0,59 1,73
0,42 -0,46
0,27 -1,39
0,95 3,78
0,73 2,71
0,17 -1,97
0,46 -0,25
0,96 3,82
0,07 -2,58
0,26 -1,46
0,15 -2,09
0,77 2,92
0,85 3,37
0,97 3,86
0,60 1,82
0,96 3,84
0,84 3,32
0,55 1,20
0,90 3,56
0,01 -2,95
0,08 -2,51
0,61 1,85
0,05 -2,72
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3. Given the cdf F(x) = x4/16 on 0<=x<=2, develop a generator for this
distribution. Generate 10 values of the random variable.

r x
0,47 1,66
0,87 1,93
0,77 1,88
0,17 1,29
0,85 1,92
0,64 1,79
0,60 1,76
0,21 1,36
0,31 1,49
0,74 1,86
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4. Data have been collected on service times at a drive-in bank window at the
Shady Lane National Bank. This data are summarized into intervals as
follows:

Interval (seconds) Frequency

15-30 10
30-45 20
45-60 25
60-90 35
90-120 30
120-180 20
180-300 10

Consider data as empirical continuous distribution and generate five values

of service time, using four-digit random numbers

i Interval(seconds) Frequency Relative Frequency Cumulative Frequency Ci Ai

1 15<x<30 10 0,06666666 0,066666 225
2 30<x<45 20 0,13333333 0,1999 113
3 45<x<60 25 0,16666666 0,366666 90
4 60<x<90 35 0,23333333 0,60 129
5 90<x<120 30 0,20 0,80 150
6 120<x<180 20 0,133333333 0,933333 450
7 180<x<300 10 0,066666666 1,00 1800
150
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5. Lead times have been found to be exponentially distributed with mean 3.7
days. Generate five random lead times from this distribution.

r x
0,79 0,86
0,42 3,20
0,51 2,50
0,70 1,32
0,29 4,52

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