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Analysis of simulation output

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We discuss methods for statistically analyzing the output from stochastic discrete-event or Monte Carlo simulations. Both terminating and steady-state simulations are considered.

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      WSC '03: Proceedings of the 35th conference on Winter simulation: driving innovation
      December 2003
      2094 pages
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