Panel on current issues in simulation input modeling

In recent years, substantial progress has been made in the development of powerful new approaches to modeling and generation of the stochastic input processes driving simulation models. We examine some of the central issues and unresolved problems associated with each of these approaches to simulation input modeling.

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