SBatch: A spaced batch means procedure for steady-state simulation analysis

Journal of Simulation

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 170-185

  Lada, E K ^a   Steiger, N M ^b   Wilson, J R ^c  

^a SAS INSTITUTE INC   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^c NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Autoregressive method; Method of batch means; Simulation; Statistical analysis; Steady state analysis

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; STATISTICAL METHODS;

AUTOREGRESSIVE METHODS; BATCH MEANS; COVERAGE PROBABILITIES; EXPERIMENTAL EVALUATION; FIRST-ORDER AUTOREGRESSIVE PROCESS; SIMULATION; STEADY-STATE ANALYSIS; STEADY-STATE SIMULATION ANALYSIS;

SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

EID: 56649118737     PISSN: 17477778     EISSN: 17477786     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/jos.2008.11     Document Type: Article

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