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On the Variance of the Hazard Estimator in Simulation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 July 2009

Gerald J. Lieberman  and
Sheldon M. Ross
Gerald J. Lieberman
Affiliation:
Department of Operations Research Stanford University Stanford, California 94305
Sheldon M. Ross
Affiliation:
Department of Industrial Engineering and Operations Research University of California, Berkeley Berkeley, California94720
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Abstract

Suppose a discrete time Markov process is simulated so as to estimate p, the probability that it enters the set of states A before it enters the set of states B, for disjoint sets A and B. It is shown that the total hazard, which is an unbiased estimator of p, has a variance that is bounded above by p(2 – p).

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Probability in the Engineering and Informational Sciences , Volume 5 , Issue 3 , July 1991 , pp. 355 - 359
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1991

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