A Comparison of Three Methods for Selecting Values of Input Variables in the Analysis of Output from a Computer Code

1979/05/01 by M. D. McKay, Michael D. McKay, R. J. Beckman +2 · 3,784 citations
Engineering · Mathematics · #Code (set theory) #Computer science #Econometrics #Manufacturing Process and Optimization #Mathematics #Programming language #Set (abstract data type) #Statistics

paper · doi:10.2307/1268522

published in Technometrics 21(2), 239 (Taylor & Francis)

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Abstract

M. D. McKay, R. J. Beckman, W. J. Conover, A Comparison of Three Methods for Selecting Values of Input Variables in the Analysis of Output from a Computer Code, Technometrics, Vol. 21, No. 2 (May, 1979), pp. 239-245

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