UOR: Stick Cutting Demo 2.2
Joint Sample Spaces:
STICK CUTTING EXAMPLE


DEMO 2
SAMPLE SPACE
DISCUSSION

CONDITIONS

SOLUTION
SIMULATION
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VARIATIONS
Experiment 1
Experiment 2
Experiment 3
Experiment 4

REFERENCE
Urban OR
Section 2.1
Lecture

URBAN OPERATIONS RESEARCH
Logistical and Transportation Planning Methods



    fX1,X2(x1,x2) = fX2|X1(x2 | x1).fX1(x2) = 1 / x1

Note: not all (x1, x2) are equally likely.
All X1 between 0 and 1 are equally likely with probability 1.
Given x1, all points to the left are equally likely w.p. 1/x1.