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Reflected variance estimators for simulation

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  • Melike Meterelliyoz
  • Christos Alexopoulos
  • David Goldsman
  • Tuba Aktaran-Kalayci

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We propose a new class of estimators for the asymptotic variance parameter of a stationary simulation output process. The estimators are based on Standardized Time Series (STS) functionals that converge to Brownian bridges that are themselves derived from appropriately reflected Brownian motions. The main result is that certain linear combinations of reflected estimators have substantially smaller variances than their constituents. We illustrate the performance of the new estimators via Monte Carlo experiments. These experiments show that the reflected estimators behave as expected and, in addition, perform better than certain competitors such as nonoverlapping batch means estimators and STS folded estimators.

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  • Melike Meterelliyoz & Christos Alexopoulos & David Goldsman & Tuba Aktaran-Kalayci, 2015. "Reflected variance estimators for simulation," IISE Transactions, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 47(11), pages 1185-1202, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:uiiexx:v:47:y:2015:i:11:p:1185-1202
    DOI: 10.1080/0740817X.2015.1005776
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