Simulation output analysis: A tutorial based on one research thread

Proceedings - Winter Simulation Conference

Volumn 1, Issue , 2004, Pages 162-170

  Schmeiser, Brace ^a  

^a SCHOOL OF INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FORMAL LOGIC; MARKOV PROCESSES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; PROBLEM SOLVING; RANDOM NUMBER GENERATION; SAMPLING;

MONTE CARLO SAMPLING; OUTPUT ANALYSIS; RANDOM NUMBERS; STOCHASTIC SIMULATION;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

EID: 17744376833     PISSN: 08917736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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