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JOURNAL OF SIMULATION
Volume 4, Issue 2, Pages 81-97Publisher
TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
DOI: 10.1057/jos.2009.31
Keywords
simulation; continuous univariate input models; generalized beta distributions; Johnson translation system of distributions; Bezier distributions
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- National Science Foundation [DMI-9900164]
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Techniques are presented for modelling and then randomly sampling many of the continuous univariate probabilistic input processes that drive discrete-event simulation experiments. Emphasis is given to the generalized beta distribution family, the Johnson translation system of distributions, and the Bezier distribution family because of the flexibility of these families to model a wide range of distributional shapes that arise in practical applications. Methods are described for rapidly fitting these distributions to data or to subjective information (expert opinion) and for randomly sampling from the fitted distributions. Also discussed are applications ranging from pharmaceutical manufacturing and medical decision analysis to smart-materials research and health-care systems analysis.
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