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A Statistical Expert System for Simulation Analysis-Revised

Simulation is one of the most widely used techniques in operations research and management science, but there are several impediments to even wider acceptance and use of simulation. One of the more significant limitations is the dependence of simulation on statistical methodology. This research identifies eighteen different statistical issues in simulation methodology and develops an expert system which could through interactive dialog with simulation analysts offer advice on statistical approaches which might be used to deal with particular issues and to accomplish required statistical computations. This research revises the previous study published in Simulation by incorporating additional statistical issues in the expert system to enhance its performance in analyzing a given simulation problem with statistical methodologies. An overview of the revised system is given and illustrations of the capabilities of the system are presented.