The tradeoff between sampling and switching: New sequential procedures for indifference-zone selection

IIE Transactions (Institute of Industrial Engineers)

Volumn 37, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 623-634

  Hong, L Jeff ^a   Nelson, Barry L ^b  

^a HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

^b Northwestern University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; RANDOM PROCESSES; SAMPLING; STATISTICAL METHODS;

MINIMUM SWITCHING SEQUENTIAL PROCEDURE; MULTI-STAGE SEQUENTIAL PROCEDURE WITH TRADEOFF; STATISTICAL RANKING AND SELECTION;

OPERATIONS RESEARCH;

EID: 20544469242     PISSN: 0740817X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07408170590948486     Document Type: Article

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