The Effectiveness of Jackson Networks as Control Variates for Queueing Network Simulation.

Abstract

Control variates based on Jackson networks are investigated for variance reduction in open queueing network simulations. Two types of control variates are studied: an external obtained from simulating a similar Jackson network, and a new analytic control derived from the parametric equations of the Jackson model. The analytic control eliminates the need for a second simulation required of true external controls. The analytic controls showed considerable promise for reducing the variance of server utilizations, but indicated the need for additional study of the effects of batch size and network structure on control variate performance. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1986
Accession Number
ADA171280

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  • Anthony P. Sharon

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  • Air Force Institute of Technology

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  • Computer Simulations
  • Computers
  • Data Science
  • Engineering
  • Equations
  • Estimators
  • Experimental Design
  • Information Science
  • Mathematical Models
  • Network Simulation
  • Operations Research
  • Queueing Theory
  • Random Variables
  • Simulations
  • Statistics
  • Systems Engineering
  • Two Dimensional

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