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Detecting Initialization Bias in Simulation Output

Lee W. Schruben

Cornell University, Ithaca, New York

Operations Research 1982

A general approach to testing for initialization bias in the mean of a simulation output series is presented. The output is transformed into a standardized test sequence that can be contrasted with a known limiting stochastic process. This transformation requires very little computation and the asymptotic theory is applicable to a wide variety of simulations. An initialization bias test is developed and several examples of its application are presented.

DOI
10.1287/opre.30.3.569
Volume
30 (3)
Pages
569-590
Language
en
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