Quiz — Lecture 29

Section A from memory, one line each. Section B shows your reasoning - marks are for method, not final answers. Answers are discussed in class; the exit ticket goes on a card.

Section A

A1. Why record the seed?

A2. How does precision scale with trials?

A3. What is a validation run?

A4. Simulation vs algebra: what does each give?

Section B

B1. Dice sum-8: exact probability and a 10,000-trial estimate.

B2. Queue with 2-min arrivals, 1-min service: analytical max wait, and the simulation's job.

Exit ticket

Answer one of these on your card in 60 seconds (choose any one):

1. What does the seed control, and what must you report?

1. When is simulation preferred to analysis?

1. What shrinks as trials grow?

Homework

• Before: skim the four student pages; attempt case 1 on paper.
• After: write a five-line pseudocode solution for any case you did not
• Enrichment (optional): the stretch question on each case page.