Sequential estimation for prescribed statistical accuracy in stochastic simulation of biological systems

Mathematical Biosciences

Volumn 221, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 43-53

  Sandmann, Werner ^a  

^a CLAUSTHAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biological systems; Confidence intervals; Sequential estimation; Statistical accuracy; Stochastic simulation

Indexed keywords

CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DEATH PROCESS; GENE REGULATORY NETWORKS; MATHEMATICAL STATISTICS; NUMERICAL EXAMPLE; SAMPLE PATH; SEQUENTIAL ESTIMATION; SIMULATION STUDIES; STATISTICAL ACCURACY; STOCHASTIC PROCESS; STOCHASTIC SIMULATION; STOCHASTIC SIMULATIONS; SYSTEM PROPERTY; TRAJECTORY GENERATION;

BIOLOGICAL SYSTEMS; ESTIMATION; SEQUENTIAL CIRCUITS; STATISTICS; TRAJECTORIES;

STOCHASTIC MODELS;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ESTIMATION METHOD; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STOCHASTICITY;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BIOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; IMMIGRATION; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEQUENTIAL ANALYSIS; STOCHASTIC MODEL;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; GENE REGULATORY NETWORKS; MARKOV CHAINS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, GENETIC; MODELS, STATISTICAL; POPULATION DYNAMICS; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES;

EID: 68849102665     PISSN: 00255564     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mbs.2009.06.006     Document Type: Article

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