UOR: Stick Cutting Demo 4.2

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STICK CUTTING EXAMPLE

DEMO 4

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DISCUSSION

CONDITIONS

SOLUTION

SIMULATION
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VARIATIONS

Experiment 1

Experiment 2

Experiment 3

Experiment 4

REFERENCE

Urban OR

URBAN OPERATIONS RESEARCH
Logistical and Transportation Planning Methods

When X₁ > 0.5,
f_{X1 | X1>0.5} ( x₁ | X₁ > 0.5 ) = 2
f_{X2 | X1} ( x₂ ) = 1 / x₁

When X₁ < 0.5,
f_{X1 | X1<0.5} ( x₁ | X₁ < 0.5 ) = 2
f_{X2 | X1} ( x₂ ) = 1 / (1 - x₁)