A new approach for dealing with the startup problem in discrete event simulation

W. David Kelton and Averill M. Law

Naval Research Logistics Quarterly, 1983, vol. 30, issue 4, 641-658

Abstract: This article proposes a practical, data‐based statistical procedure which can be used to reduce or remove bias owing to artificial startup conditions in simulations aimed at estimating steady‐state means. We discuss results of experiments designed to choose good parameter values for this procedure, and present results of extensive testing of the procedure on a variety of stochastic models for which partial analytical results are available. The article closes with two illustrations of the application of the procedure to more complex statistical problems which are more representative of the kinds of purposes for which real‐world steady‐state simulation studies might be undertaken.

Date: 1983
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