Two approaches for estimating the gradient in functional form

Authors:
Pierre L'Ecuyer
Affiliations:
Département d'IRO, Université de Montréal, C.P. 6128, Succ. A, Montréal, H3C 3J7, Canada
Venue:
WSC '93 Proceedings of the 25th conference on Winter simulation
Year:
1993

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