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Investigating the effectiveness of variance reduction techniques in manufacturing, call center and cross-docking discrete event simulation models

Adewunmi, Adrian; Aickelin, Uwe

Authors

Adrian Adewunmi

Uwe Aickelin



Contributors

Steffen Bangsow
Editor

Abstract

Variance reduction techniques have been shown by others in the past to be a useful tool to reduce variance in Simulation studies. However, their application and success in the past has been mainly domain specific, with relatively little guidelines as to their general applicability, in particular for novices in this area. To facilitate their use, this study aims to investigate the robustness of individual techniques across a set of scenarios from different domains. Experimental results show that Control Variates is the only technique which achieves a reduction in variance across all domains. Furthermore, applied individually, Antithetic Variates and Control Variates perform particularly well in the Cross-docking scenarios, which was previously unknown.

Citation

Adewunmi, A., & Aickelin, U. (2012). Investigating the effectiveness of variance reduction techniques in manufacturing, call center and cross-docking discrete event simulation models. In S. Bangsow (Ed.), Use cases of discrete event simulation: appliance and research. Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-28777-0

Acceptance Date Jan 1, 2012
Publication Date Apr 25, 2012
Deposit Date Jun 17, 2016
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Book Title Use cases of discrete event simulation: appliance and research
ISBN 9783642287763
DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-28777-0
Public URL https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/709887
Publisher URL http://link.springer.com/book/10.1007%2F978-3-642-28777-0
Related Public URLs http://ima.ac.uk/papers/adewunmi2012.pdf
Contract Date Jun 16, 2016


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