AN APPROACH TO SIGNIFICANCE ESTIMATION FOR SIMULATION STUDIES

Andreas D. Lattner, Tjorben Bogon, Ingo J. Timm

2011

Abstract

Simulation is widely used in order to evaluate system changes, to perform parameter optimization of systems, or to compare existing alternatives. Assistance systems for simulation studies can support the user by performing monotonous tasks and keeping track of relevant results. In this paper we present an approach to significance estimation in order to estimate, if – and when – statistically significant results are expected for certain investigations. This can be used for controlling simulation runs or providing information to the user for interaction. We introduce two approaches: one for the classification if significance is expected to occur for given samples and another for the prediction of needed replications until significance migh

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D. Lattner A., Bogon T. and J. Timm I. (2011). AN APPROACH TO SIGNIFICANCE ESTIMATION FOR SIMULATION STUDIES . In Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Agents and Artificial Intelligence - Volume 1: ICAART, ISBN 978-989-8425-40-9, pages 177-186. DOI: 10.5220/0003187901770186


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@conference{icaart11,
author={Andreas D. Lattner and Tjorben Bogon and Ingo J. Timm},
title={AN APPROACH TO SIGNIFICANCE ESTIMATION FOR SIMULATION STUDIES},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Agents and Artificial Intelligence - Volume 1: ICAART,},
year={2011},
pages={177-186},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0003187901770186},
isbn={978-989-8425-40-9},
}


in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Agents and Artificial Intelligence - Volume 1: ICAART,
TI - AN APPROACH TO SIGNIFICANCE ESTIMATION FOR SIMULATION STUDIES
SN - 978-989-8425-40-9
AU - D. Lattner A.
AU - Bogon T.
AU - J. Timm I.
PY - 2011
SP - 177
EP - 186
DO - 10.5220/0003187901770186