Hoad, Kathryn, Robinson, Stewart, 1964- and Davies, Ruth, Prof. (2008) Automating warm-up length estimation. In: 2008 Winter Simulation Conference, Miami, FL, Dec 07-10, 2008. Published in: Proceedings of the Winter Simulation Conference 2008, Volumes 1-5 pp. 532-540.

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Abstract

There are two key issues in assuring the accuracy of estimates of performance obtained from a simulation model. The first is the removal of any initialisation bias, the second is ensuring that enough output data is produced to obtain an accurate estimate of performance. This paper is concerned with the first issue, and more specifically warm-up estimation. A continuing research project is described that aims to produce an automated procedure, for inclusion into commercial simulation software, for estimating the length of warm-up and hence removing initialisation bias from simulation output data.

Item Type:	Conference Item (UNSPECIFIED)
Subjects:	T Technology > T Technology (General)
Divisions:	Faculty of Social Sciences > Warwick Business School
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH):	Automation, Operations research, Estimation theory
Journal or Publication Title:	Proceedings of the Winter Simulation Conference 2008
Publisher:	IEEE
ISBN:	978-1-4244-2707-9
Date:	2008
Volume:	Volumes 1-5
Number of Pages:	9
Page Range:	pp. 532-540
Identification Number:	10.1109/WSC.2008.4736110
Status:	Not Peer Reviewed
Publication Status:	Published
Access rights to Published version:	Restricted or Subscription Access
Funder:	Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), SIMUL8 Corporation
Grant number:	EP/D033640/1 (EPSRC)
Version or Related Resource:	Hoad, K., et al. Automating warm-up length estimation. Journal of the Operational Research Society, 61(9), pp. 1389-1403. http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/id/eprint/5368
Title of Event:	2008 Winter Simulation Conference
Type of Event:	Conference
Location of Event:	Miami, FL
Date(s) of Event:	Dec 07-10, 2008
Related URLs:	Related item in WRAP
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