At this point, we have discussed many discrete and continuous distributions. This chapter shows how we can generate instances of these distributions and others. This is helpful when performing simulations of computer systems, as in Chapter 14. For example, we might have a computer system where the interarrival times of jobs are well modeled by an Exponential distribution and the job sizes (service requirements) are well modeled by a Pareto distribution. To simulate the system, we need to be able to generate instances of Exponential and Pareto random variables.
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