Simulation metamodeling with dynamic Bayesian networks

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 214, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 644-655

  Poropudas, Jirka ^a   Virtanen, Kai ^a  

^a AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Discrete event simulation; Dynamic Bayesian networks; Simulation; Simulation metamodeling

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN NETWORKS; DISCRETE EVENT SIMULATION; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; RANDOM VARIABLES;

ANALYSIS CAPABILITIES; CONDITIONAL DISTRIBUTION; DYNAMIC BAYESIAN NETWORKS; METAMODELING; PROBABILISTIC MODELING; SIMULATION; SIMULATION METAMODELS; SIMULATION PARAMETERS;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE;

EID: 84858061861     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2011.05.007     Document Type: Article

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