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Jackknifed variance estimators for simulation output analysis

Kemal Dinçer Dingeç, Christos Alexopoulos, David M. Goldsman, James R. Wilson, Wenchi Chiu, Tûba Aktaran‐Kalaycı

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We develop new point estimators for the variance parameter of a steady-state simulation process. The estimators are based on jackknifed versions of nonoverlapping batch means, overlapping batch means, and standardized time series variance estimators. The new estimators have reduced bias---and can be manipulated to reduce their variance and mean-squared error---compared with their predecessors, facts which we demonstrate analytically and empirically.

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We develop new point estimators for the variance parameter of a steady-state simulation process. The estimators are based on jackknifed versions of nonoverlapping batch means, overlapping batch means, and standardized time series variance estimators. The new estimators have reduced bias---and can be manipulated to reduce their variance and mean-squared error---compared with their predecessors, facts which we demonstrate analytically and empirically.

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We develop new point estimators for the variance parameter of a steady-state simulation process. The estimators are based on jackknifed versions of nonoverlapping batch means, overlapping batch means, and standardized time series variance estimators. The new estimators have reduced bias---and can be manipulated to reduce their variance and mean-squared error---compared with their predecessors, facts which we demonstrate analytically and empirically.

Key concepts: Estimator, Variance (accounting), Statistics, Series (stratigraphy), Computer science, Mean squared error, Mathematics, Econometrics

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