Visualizing input and output analysis for simulation (VINOAS)

Input analysis which involves a large amount of statistical analysis is one of the major steps in simulation. A software package with a well-designed user-friendly graphical window interface has been developed to assist modelers in identifying the underlying statistical distribution of the input data. It integrates techniques for assessing sample independence, hypothesizing families of distributions, estimation of parameters, and performing goodness-of-fit tests in a graphical environment. This allows the modelers to use the package in an interactive way and efforts can be saved in specifying the input probability distribution. © 1997 Elsevier Science B.V.link_to_subscribed_fulltex