Try here for erlang calculator http://www.erlang.com/ There are 2 type B and C . B assumes blocked calls don't call back and C assumes they stay in queue. Chuck Dunkirk
The Long and Winding Road wrote: >Richard, the software used for your telephone booth problem is called an >Ehrlang calculator. it seems that you could use an Ehrlang calculator to do >this as well. There are a number of web sites that have Ehrlang calcs. A >google search should reveal a bunch of them. > >A long time ago, in statistics class, we used to do something called "monte >carlo simulations" to figure out stuff like this also. I don't remember much >about the mechanics. Got a statistics professor on you campus? > >Chuck > >-- >TANSTAAFL >"there ain't no such thing as a free lunch" > > > > >""Larkin, Richard"" wrote in message >[EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > >>I recall in Uni that we used te Poisson distribution and some mathematical >>formulae to say that if we have x people arrive per hour at a phone booth, >>and the average phone call is y minutes, we would need z phone booths to >>ensure that 95% of the time, people don't have to wait (or only have to >> >wait > >>xx minutes). >> >>Transposing this to application budgeting, I have an application at a >> >remote > >>site which has a max of 5 concurrent users and the worst transaction they >> >do > >>will hog the 64kbps line for 30 seconds (if it is the only transaction). >> >>My question is without revising my lecture notes, what software would help >>me determine what bandwidth to allocate this application so that 95% (or >>whatever) of the time the transaction can be completed in yy seconds? >> >>Is there any good software out there which would help me with this? >> >>Cheers >>Rik Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=58289&t=58277 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
