Data-Based Choice of Batch Size for Simulation Output Analysis

Simulation

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 38-47

  Sherman, Michael ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

batch mean estimator; Stationary process; variance estimation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002747095     PISSN: 00375497     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/003754979807100104     Document Type: Article

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