Statistical selection of the best system

Proceedings - Winter Simulation Conference

Volumn 2005, Issue , 2005, Pages 178-187

  Goldsman, David ^a   Kim, Seong Hee ^a   Nelson, Barry L ^b  

^a Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b Northwestern University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; STATISTICAL METHODS;

COMPETING SYSTEMS; STATISTICAL PROCEDURES; STATISTICAL SELECTION;

COMPUTER SELECTION AND EVALUATION;

EID: 33846705398     PISSN: 08917736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/WSC.2005.1574251     Document Type: Conference Paper

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