Accession Number:

AD0653174

Title:

STATISTICAL CONSIDERATIONS IN COMPUTER SIMULATION EXPERIMENTS,

Descriptive Note:

Corporate Author:

RAND CORP SANTA MONICA CALIF

Personal Author(s):

• Fishman,George S.

Report Date:

1967-05-01

Pagination or Media Count:

8.0

Abstract:

This report discusses some statistical questions related to the analysis of digital computer simulation experiments. The remarks are confined to systems simulations that are or that contain queueing networks for example, inventory models and job shop manufacturing facilities. The basic assumption is that these systems contain elements of random behavior so that the system output is a random variable. This paper describes some fundamental statistical problems that should be recognized in a simulation experiment from the initial phase of problem definition through the final stage of analysis of results.

Descriptors:

• *DIGITAL COMPUTERS
• *QUEUEING THEORY
• STATISTICAL ANALYSIS

Subject Categories:

• Statistics and Probability
• Operations Research
• Computer Hardware

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE