=== Notes on Ethernet Simulations ===

prob1.txt - Statement of the problem to be worked in this project.

Fig1.xxx  - Results of some typical simulations

sim1.py - This is the simplest program.  It just computes one point.

sim2.py - This is the same program, but we've made everything, including the network
itself, into an object.  This adds some complexity, but now the program is a lot more
versatile.  You can easily change the variable to be tested, even re-use the objects
in a different network configuration.

These programs are written in Python, a simple language very adept at this kind of
interactive modeling.  If you are comfortable with object-oriented programming in Java
or C++, you should have no trouble with Python.  If you don't have a Python interpreter
on your machine, download version 2.6 from python.org.  For a quick explanation of any
syntax, press F1.

sim1PythonNotes.py - an annotated version of sim1.py for students who know Java, but
not Python.  Let me know if anything is unclear, so I can add more annotations.