[R] queue waiting times comparison

2011-08-18 Thread Petr PIKAL
Hallo all I try to find a way how to compare set of waiting times during different periods. I tried learn something from queueing theory and used also R search. There is plenty of ways but I need to find the easiest and quite simple. Here is a list with actual waiting times. ml -

Re: [R] queue waiting times comparison

2011-08-18 Thread jim holtman
I am not sure why you say that lapply(ml, mean) shows (incorrectly) that the second year has a larger average; it is correct for the data: lapply(ml, my.func) $y1 Count MeanSD MinMedian 90% 95% Max Sum 18.0 16.8 12.42980 4.0

Re: [R] queue waiting times comparison

2011-08-18 Thread Petr PIKAL
Hallo Jim Thank you and see within text. jim holtman jholt...@gmail.com napsal dne 18.08.2011 14:09:11: I am not sure why you say that lapply(ml, mean) shows (incorrectly) that the second year has a larger average; it is correct for the data: lapply(ml, my.func) $y1 Count Mean

Re: [R] queue waiting times comparison

2011-08-18 Thread jim holtman
If those values represent response times in a system, then when I was responsible for characterizing what the system would do from the viewpoint of an SLA (service level agreement) with customers using the system, we usually specified that 90% of the transactions would have a response time of ---

Re: [R] queue waiting times comparison

2011-08-18 Thread Petr PIKAL
Hi Jim If those values represent response times in a system, then when I was responsible for characterizing what the system would do from the viewpoint of an SLA (service level agreement) with customers using the system, we usually specified that 90% of the transactions would have a

Re: [R] queue waiting times comparison

2011-08-18 Thread Gabor Grothendieck
On Thu, Aug 18, 2011 at 10:12 AM, Petr PIKAL petr.pi...@precheza.cz wrote: Hi Jim If those values represent response times in a system, then when I was responsible for characterizing what the system would do from the viewpoint of an SLA (service level agreement) with customers using the