A comparison of selective initialization bias elimination methods

Winter Simulation Conference Proceedings

Volumn 2, Issue , 2002, Pages 1951-1957

  Linton, Jennifer R ^a   Harmonosky, Catherine M ^b  

^a ACCENTURE   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA REDUCTION; STATISTICAL METHODS;

SELECTIVE INITIALIZATION;

COMPUTER AIDED ANALYSIS;

EID: 0036931547     PISSN: 02750708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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