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WSC
2008
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Control variate technique: A constructive approach
The technique of control variates requires that the user identify a set of variates that are correlated with the estimation variable and whose means are known to the user. We rela...
Tarik Borogovac, Pirooz Vakili
WSC
2008
15 years 9 months ago
Metodology for selecting the best suitable bottleneck detection method
Focusing on process constraints (or bottlenecks) is how companies are improving productivity, decreasing response times. However, a bottleneck is not easily detectable, especially...
Eliseu Lima, Leonardo Chwif, Marcos Ribeiro, Perei...
WSC
2008
15 years 9 months ago
In search of the memoryless property
This paper describes a distribution fitting exercise that has been used in an undergraduate introductory simulation class. The intent is for students to collect data describing a ...
Timothy S. Vaughan
WSC
2008
15 years 9 months ago
Implementable MSE-optimal dynamic partial-overlapping batch means estimators for steady-state simulations
Estimating the variance of the sample mean from a stochastic process is essential in assessing the quality of using the sample mean to estimate the population mean which is the fu...
Wheyming Tina Song, Mingchang Chih
WSC
2008
15 years 9 months ago
Simulating culture: An experiment using a multi-user virtual environment
With increased levels of global trade, foreign policy making, foreign travel, and distance collaboration using the Internet, the issue of culture takes center stage. One needs to ...
Paul A. Fishwick, Julie Henderson, Elinore Fresh, ...