Screening for the important factors in large discrete-event simulation models: Sequential bifurcation and its applications

Screening: Methods for Experimentation in Industry, Drug Discovery, and Genetics

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 287-307

  Kleijnen, Jack P C ^a   Bettonvil, Bert ^a   Persson, Fredrik ^b  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b LINKÖPING INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

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EID: 33749476842     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/0-387-28014-6_13     Document Type: Chapter

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