ABSTRACT
Information sources to model random behavior may be from closed-form probability distributions or histograms derived from historical data or data collection e¤orts. Also, because simulation is an experimental design to estimate system performance measures, statistical inference techniques are critical to the decision-making process. Figure 4.1 summarizes the organization of this
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chapter relative to the simulation experiment. Further details on these topics may be found in the references cited at the end of the chapter.
