Improving the efficiency and efficacy of controlled sequential bifurcation for simulation factor screening

INFORMS Journal on Computing

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 482-492

  Wan, Hong ^a   Ankenman, Bruce E ^b   Nelson, Barry L ^b  

^a SCHOOL OF INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING   (United States)

^b Northwestern University   (United States)

Author keywords

Simulation: Analysis; Statistics: Experiment

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955504879     PISSN: 10919856     EISSN: 15265528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/ijoc.1090.0366     Document Type: Article

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