Neural network-based simulation metamodels for predicting probability distributions

Computers and Industrial Engineering

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 879-888

  Zobel, Christopher W ^a   Keeling, Kellie B ^b  

^a PAMPLIN COLLEGE OF BUSINESS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DENVER   (United States)

Author keywords

Metamodels; Neural networks; Percentiles; Simulation

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DECISION MAKING; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

METAMODELS; PERCENTILES; STOCHASTIC SIMULATION MODELS;

NEURAL NETWORKS;

EID: 41449119248     PISSN: 03608352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cie.2007.08.012     Document Type: Article

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