A batch means methodology for estimation of a nonlinear function of a steady-state mean

Management Science

Volumn 43, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 1121-1135

  Muñoz, David F ^a   Glynn, Peter W ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Batch Means; Jackknifing; Nonlinear Estimation; Simulation Output Analysis; Steady State Simulation

Indexed keywords

ASYMPTOTIC STABILITY; ERRORS; PROBLEM SOLVING; RANDOM PROCESSES;

BATCH MEANS; JACKKNIFING; NONLINEAR ESTIMATION; NONLINEAR FUNCTION; POINT ESTIMATORS; SIMULATION OUTPUT ANALYSIS; STEADY STATE MEAN; STEADY STATE SIMULATION;

ESTIMATION;

EID: 0031199417     PISSN: 00251909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/mnsc.43.8.1121     Document Type: Article

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