Variance-based importance analysis applied to a complex probabilistic performance assessment

Risk Analysis

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 587-598

  Manteufel, Randall D ^a  

^a SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

importance analysis; probabilistic performance assessment; Sensitivity uncertainty analysis

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEURISTIC METHODS; PERFORMANCE; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

THRESHOLD VARIANCE RATIOS; UNCERTAINTY; VARIANCE BASED IMPORTANCE ANALYSIS;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; PERFORMANCE; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0030220311     PISSN: 02724332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1539-6924.1996.tb01104.x     Document Type: Article

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