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What is the mean processing time for parallel links?
What is the mean processing time for parallel links?
- It is the mean of the processing time over all parallel links divided by the sum of the parallel probabilities (correct)
- It is the sum of the processing times over all parallel links
- It is the sum of the parallel probabilities
- It is the mean of the processing time over all parallel links multiplied by the sum of the parallel probabilities
How is the serial term defined?
How is the serial term defined?
- The sum of the two processing times over all nodes (correct)
- The mean processing time over all serial links
- The sum of two random variables
- The sum of the two processing times over all parallel links
What does the loop contribution depend on?
What does the loop contribution depend on?
- The probability of looping and the total number of loops (correct)
- The number of links in the loop
- The processing time needed for each loop
- The total processing time minus the loop time
How is the loop contribution calculated when expected to loop N times?
How is the loop contribution calculated when expected to loop N times?
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If a routine loops N times, each loop taking TL seconds and then TA seconds are spent outside the loop, what is the total mean time through the process?
If a routine loops N times, each loop taking TL seconds and then TA seconds are spent outside the loop, what is the total mean time through the process?
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What is the parallel term in the context of processing time?
What is the parallel term in the context of processing time?
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How is the serial term defined?
How is the serial term defined?
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What does the PL/(1 - PL) term reduce to when substituting N/(N + 1) for the probability of looping?
What does the PL/(1 - PL) term reduce to when substituting N/(N + 1) for the probability of looping?
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How is the loop contribution most simply understood?
How is the loop contribution most simply understood?
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In what way is the mean processing time for parallel links calculated?
In what way is the mean processing time for parallel links calculated?
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