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2004
14 years 11 months ago
Global Likelihood Optimization Via the Cross-Entropy Method, with an Application to Mixture Models
Global likelihood maximization is an important aspect of many statistical analyses. Often the likelihood function is highly multi-extremal. This presents a significant challenge t...
Zdravko I. Botev, Dirk P. Kroese
WSC
2004
14 years 11 months ago
Simulation Output Analysis Based on Excursions
We consider the steady state output analysis problem for a process that satisfies a functional central limit theorem. We construct asymptotically valid confidence intervals for th...
James M. Calvin
WSC
2004
14 years 11 months ago
A View From the Beginning: When Does a Description Become a Taxonomy
This paper describes the author's career leading up to the publication of his 1969 paper Digital Computer Simulation: Computer Programming Languages, how it influenced the pa...
Philip J. Kiviat
WSC
2004
14 years 11 months ago
Evaluation of Methods Used to Detect Warm-Up Period in Steady State Simulation
This paper reviews the performance of various methods used to detect the warm up length in steady state discrete event simulation. An evaluation procedure is used to compare the m...
Prasad S. Mahajan, Ricki G. Ingalls
WSC
2004
14 years 11 months ago
Design Specifications of a Generic Supply Chain Simulator
This paper describes a design specification for a generic, supply-chain-simulation system. The proposed simulation system is based on schedule-driven and stock-driven control meth...
Shigeki Umeda, Y. Tina Lee