Nick Wedd wrote:
>
> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Patrick D. Rockwell
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes
> >I've posted this before, but right now I can't find the answers that
> >I've gotten, and I'd like to repost to see if I can get a simpler
> >solution than what I've gotten before.
> >
> >Let's say that n people agree to meet between 2:00 P.M. and 3:00 P.M..
> >If each person
> >is willing to wait the same amount of time d where 0<=d<=1 and the
> >amount of minutes
> >the person is willing to wait is d * 60 minute (if d=0.25, means that
> >the people will
> >wait 15 minutes)
>
> Should we assume
> that these people all actually want to meet each other, or
> that some of them would prefer to avoid others, or
> that they act randomly?
>
> If randomly, do they
> arrive at a random time between 2 and 3, and go home anyway at 3, or
> choose their random interval so as to fit it all into the 2-3 slot?
>
> Nick
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> Nick Wedd [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I guess randomly. They want to meet eachother but arrive at random times
and leave at
3:00 P.M. so that P(All meet) and p(None meet) would fit the formulas
given in my first
post, IF they were willing to wait the same amount of time. ANYONE? :-)
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