The Efficiency of Variance Reduction in Manufacturing and Service Systems: The Comparison of the Control Variates and Stratified Sampling

Table 1

A sample application for 5 stratums of SS.

Random seeds	Min	Max	Customer numbers per stratum
			(0-0.5)	(0.5-1)	(1-1.5)	(1.5-2)	(2+)	Total
65000	0.0018	8.5093	28	24	17	11	20	100
70000	0.0008	8.2443	26	26	16	12	20	100
75000	0.0003	6.8270	22	22	18	11	22	100
80000	0.0011	6.9670	23	23	18	11	21	100
85000	0.0052	5.4230	24	24	18	11	19	100
90000	0.0012	6.8600	24	24	16	14	20	100
95000	0.0018	8.2440	24	24	17	11	20	100
100000	0.0045	6.9670	25	25	17	12	19	100
105000	0.0009	5.6330	23	23	19	11	19	100
110000	0.0018	8.5090	23	23	17	13	18	100
115000	0.0012	8.3485	23	23	17	12	21	100
120000	0.0012	8.2443	23	24	18	11	20	100