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Initial Data Truncation for Univariate Output of Discrete-Event Simulations Using the Kalman Filter

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  • Mark A. Gallagher

    (Air Force Institute of Technology Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio 45433-7765)

  • Kenneth W. Bauer, Jr.

    (Air Force Institute of Technology Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio 45433-7765)

  • Peter S. Maybeck

    (Air Force Institute of Technology Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio 45433-7765)

Abstract

Data truncation is a commonly accepted method of dealing with initialization bias in discrete-event simulation. An algorithm for determining the appropriate initial-data truncation point for univariate output is proposed. The technique entails averaging across independent replications and estimating a steady-state output model in a state-space framework. A Bayesian technique called Multiple Model Adaptive Estimation (MMAE) is applied to compute a time varying estimate of the output's steady-state mean. This MMAE implementation features the use, in parallel, of a bank of three Kalman filters. Each filter is constructed under a different assumption about the output's steady-state mean. One of the filters assumes that the steady-state mean is accurately reflected by an estimate, called the "assumed steady-state mean," taken from the last half of the simulation data. This filter is called the reference filter. The remaining filters are calibrated with steady-state means corresponding to simple functions of the minimum and maximum data values, respectively. As the filters process the output through the effective transient, the reference filter becomes more likely (in a Bayesian sense) to be the best filter to represent the data, and the MMAE mean estimator is influenced increasingly towards the assumed steady-state mean. The estimated truncation point is selected when the MMAE mean estimate is within a small tolerance of the assumed steady-state mean. A Monte Carlo analysis using data generated from twelve simulation models is used to evaluate the technique. The evaluation criteria include the ability to estimate accurately and to construct reliable confidence intervals for the mean of the response based on the truncated sequences.

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  • Mark A. Gallagher & Kenneth W. Bauer, Jr. & Peter S. Maybeck, 1996. "Initial Data Truncation for Univariate Output of Discrete-Event Simulations Using the Kalman Filter," Management Science, INFORMS, vol. 42(4), pages 559-575, April.
  • Handle: RePEc:inm:ormnsc:v:42:y:1996:i:4:p:559-575
    DOI: 10.1287/mnsc.42.4.559
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    1. Sandikci, Burhaneddin & Sabuncuoglu, Ihsan, 2006. "Analysis of the behavior of the transient period in non-terminating simulations," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 173(1), pages 252-267, August.
    2. K Hoad & S Robinson & R Davies, 2010. "Automating warm-up length estimation," Journal of the Operational Research Society, Palgrave Macmillan;The OR Society, vol. 61(9), pages 1389-1403, September.

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