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A new use of importance sampling to reduce computational burden in simulation estimation

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Volume (Year): 7 (2009)
Issue (Month): 4 (December)
Pages: 343-376
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Keywords: Simulation estimators; Importance sampling; Monte-Carlo study; C13; C16; C63;

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